DECLINE Old Age SimonOctober 14, 20250 ”Old age and the wear of time teach many things.” Sophocles There are advantages to being old. In some...
DECLINE Not Shocked SimonOctober 7, 20251 “Perhaps one has to be old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.” Pearl Buck American...
DECLINE Expectations SimonSeptember 23, 20250 "Old age is far away and then it comes faster than you expect." I had three reminders that I am getting old...
DECLINE Remembering SimonSeptember 2, 20250 "One of the oddest things in life, I think, is the things one remembers." Agatha Christie, Author Photo is...
DECLINE Forever Young SimonAugust 12, 20250 "As long as you can admire and love, then one is young forever." Pablo Casals, Cellist Photo Credit: Gene B....
DECLINE Don’t Wobble SimonAugust 5, 20250 "If you walk, just walk. If you sit, just sit; but whatever you do, don’t wobble." Yunmen Wenyan, Chinese...
DECLINE One Way SimonAugust 4, 20250 Life is a One Way Street. Don’t try to go back. At the Fine Art Museum in Boston they had a Van Gogh exhibit...
DECLINE Are You Ready SimonJuly 29, 20251 “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is ready for the ordeal of meeting me is another...
DECLINE Longevity SimonJuly 22, 20251 INTERVIEWER: To what do you attribute your longevity? CHEF JULIA CHILD: Red meat and gin. I want to know...
DECLINE New Tricks SimonJuly 15, 20250 I used to have a sign over my computer that read: “OLD DOGS CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS.” But lately I...