The Outing
Last Saturday, Bill and I went to the movies and then dinner. He is 71 and I am 76. He has been my good friend for something...
Laughter on the Menu
What do you do on gray days to lift your mood and attitude? Are chocolate or cookies calling to you? Rather than consuming...
In Search of a Happily-Ever-Afterlife Career
As I advance past 70, I think less about dying and more about what job I might enjoy in the afterlife. I’m no Type A...
A New Lens on Life
Rod Long has a way of seeing things. Sometimes it’s the play of light spilling through a passageway in the ancient city...
How to Live Forever! Magic Formula! Fountain of Youth!
If it isn’t supplements, it’s green glop. If it isn’t CBD oil, it’s Hatha yoga. It if isn’t Hatha yoga it’s immersing...
The Costume Makes Me Ageless (Almost)
I ring the bell. A young mother answers, giving me a quick, discreet, but meaningful once-over. She’s just discovered she’s...
Resolve to Laugh
Northwestern winters aren’t easy. Last fall, as the days relentlessly grew shorter, I got my flu shot, sure—but I also...
How’s Your Funny Bone?
The author E.B. White once commented that “humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process.”...
Speed Bumps
The British consider them “sleeping police officers.” In Mexico, there’s no advance warning that what are known as...
Quick Wit— Forbes Capitalist Cookies
A few words of wisdom, from cookies to cough drops In the early 1980s, curiosity moved me to plunk down $17 for a tall tin...
