DOR- The upcoming election season has me thinking about age. Are you ever too old to do anything? I think the answer lies not with the number of years you’ve been alive but with how well you’ve borne the blows. I have a friend whose parents are in their 90s and are still skiing! Oh the … Continue reading What Am I Too Old For???
An old friend used to say “Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.” And so, as we are all going to get older, and then, finally, old, we should really start preparing for our best older age now. If you’d like a preview into what that elder world could look like, just have an injury. It … Continue reading The 6 P’S
If we all looked as magnificent as model Carmen Dell’Orefice, we would all go gray. But there is a huge part of me that thinks that she is an anomaly and that going gray is a little bit like giving up. Or, at least, giving in. For the life of me I cannot remember the … Continue reading Going Gray Or Giving Up?
“I hate your hair!” Honestly, those were the first words that came out of my good friend’s mouth upon seeing, for the very first time, my transformation from straight haired lass to a newly curled one. I had decided two weeks prior to get a perm (a la Glenn Close in FATAL ATTRACTION), thinking it … Continue reading Filterless Friends
I have a friend who is officially a “special person.” It is actually printed across the top of her I.D. “I think it’s cool to have it there when you have to show people your license,” says Lyndy Thatcher who is the youngest “special person” you’ll ever meet. The SP moniker is the legal designation … Continue reading Are You A Special Person?
Burning Daylight 