Face Photos from Readers
Thanks to John Whitman for this slightly dismayed face from downtown Ottawa.
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Posted: 2025 Mar 28
Category Archives: Mortality
In the Long Run
Intimations of death by freeway driving; warnings of deterioration by refusing to drive on the freeway. What’s a girl to do? Continue reading
When We Go
Two exchanges overheard at the ballpark lead to some serious thinking about what my life means, now, at the end of it, and later. Continue reading
The First Day
Last January 1st, I wrote the piece that follows this introduction to try to quiet the noise in my head after my father’s death just a few weeks earlier. Last spring, writing after the death of his own father, Rabbi … Continue reading
Passports & Bathing Suits
Reflections on the completely gratuitous ravages caused by the passage of time. I mean, who asked it? The hits just keep on coming. Nothing brings you into touch with your ‘not quite as toned as you’d like’ almost-60-year-old body … Continue reading
Trudge Trudge
What if it’s not that I’m old, it’s just that I never paid attention to music? Would that be better? As, ahem, much older friends and family members start hitting 60 and 65, I am stumped for gift ideas. … Continue reading
Memory Fails Me
Scooping up the two aces, she adds them to her pile, her total now at 13 pairs. Turning over a nine of clubs, she puts her head to one side, making a show of thinking about her next move, but … Continue reading
The Other Victims of 9/11
On 11 September 2001, about 3000 people died in the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Today, on the 10th anniversary, their nation stops again to mourn those 9/11 victims. People around the country — and even in other … Continue reading
Posted in Feeling Clearly, Mortality, New Perspectives
Tagged Attitudes, Critical Thinking
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The Old Man’s Friend
My 88-year-old father died last December. This is dedicated to him. Pneumonia is the old man’s friend. Passing along this wisdom from his cousin-the-doctor to my then 20-something self, my father is amused by my momentary startlement. But my slight … Continue reading
A Lovely Ride
Forget all that Mars/Venus stuff. The difference between the sexes is this: women lie about their weight, men lie about their height. I already knew about the former trait — never mind how — and a male colleague tipped me … Continue reading