ONE OF THE realities of getting old is you end up going on and off more meds. In my younger days I took a multi-vitamin. Now I take at least four Continue Reading →
Call me a grumpy old man but I’m longing for the days when noise in public was a background hum, not a shouted conversation on a cell phone
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I LIKE TO sit out on my patio in the morning, my Buddha water feature gurgling softly, the birds singing. Another guy likes to sit on his balcony at the same Continue Reading →
I’ve come to realize most of my modest annual donations to organizations seem to be used to fund, well, fund-raising
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It’s really galling that when I give my annual donation orgs keep coming back almost weekly wanting me to give monthly, or just give more. I am rethinking how I Continue Reading →
Some more thoughts on packing light, security and why it’s important to leave home behind and embrace where you are
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Most overseas travel is safe, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some things to look out for, like pickpockets. A FEW MORE thoughts on traveling light – what to take and Continue Reading →
Two weeks in Europe with just a carry-on and day bag? Yep. It’s the only way I travel
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Giving an airline your bag makes you a prisoner. Carry-on frees you, and you don’t need nearly as much “stuff” as you think you do. I MENTIONED TO someone the other Continue Reading →
A friend got scammed by a really slick operator and it got me to thinking…
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I’m thinking that we folks in our golden years are more likely to fall for scams, but if we chill a minute and think things through we can reduce the Continue Reading →
I think grief may best be managed by getting out of the house, by seeing new places, learning new things..
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So, for my 80th birthday I am treating myself to a Rick Steves tour of Italy with a hop over to Greece to see my youngest grandson. I AM GOING on Continue Reading →
As I was saying, and saying, and saying, and saying….
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I’ve been sent the message that in my dotage I talk too much and apparently talk too much about nothing much of interest. Just another discovery about life at 80…. Continue Reading →
AI is stealing from artists, but will it also push us to a point of economic and social collapse?
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Sure, that is alarmist but we could be moving toward a place we’ve not been before in terms of past innovations and their impact on society and the economy. ARTIFICIAL Continue Reading →
Mother Nature wins on this trip but it still was worth doing
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Hiking and sightseeing got rained out, but the real reason for the trip was to see my sister and cousins I HAD A plan. So did Mother Nature. Her plan topped Continue Reading →
Will an October trip be a good-bye to a river or just another fun reunion?
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The rumors of a border wall through Big Bend National Park have resurfaced and it would lead to the death of the heart and soul of the park and those Continue Reading →
Hay fever, a cold? Maybe a message to just chill and let things work out?
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SOMETIMES YOU JUST gotta throw in the towel. I had been planning to take off next week for a big two- or three-week road trip, a kind of break out after Continue Reading →
Sometimes businesses try to hard to be cool, and fail
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What the heck is a fluid kitchen and who thought it would lead to a WOW! customer experience? SOMETIMES A BUSINESS can try too hard to be cool. Back when I Continue Reading →
Great minds agree. There are times when you just need a little color in the place you live and this is one of those times
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GREAT MINDS and all that. I’ve not met John Wilson, who lives in central Texas, but we are brought close by loss. When my wife Connie first started down the dementia Continue Reading →
Childhood memories and maybe a reunion of sorts for an old man and the creative spark
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WHY DOES an old man with a tin ear have three musical instruments? Learning. I was sitting alone thinking about how I would spend the rest of my days when Connie Continue Reading →