Quirky thoughts from an old man.
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
William Shakespeare
This old postcard arrived from Columbus Ohio and since we are going to be in Washington DC I’m hoping to Folger Shakesperian Library and retake the image. We shall see. It appears that the library is closed but we should be able to get near it.
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?”
Fruit Salad was beautiful and delicious at our second Seder.
Memory is much, much more unreliable than we all like to think. Pretty much every time someone tells an elaborate story about something that happened to them a long time ago, assume it’s going to be largely untrue.
Paul Bloom, Psychologist
“You’re not old, you’re “chronologically gifted.”
Thank you to Terry Campbell, Pueblo Grande Museum (Ret) for this great observation.
“Tradition is really peer pressure from dead people.“
Thanks to Anthony R for this excellent recast of an old saw.
This is the last of the Inukshuk photos for now. Again it is from the wild area of Granada Park. Perhaps March will be the sunset month.
“Don’t let aging get you down. It’s too hard to get back up.”
John Wagner
Masking during the Covidian era was important even for Inukshuk.
“I’m at that age where my back goes out more than I do.”
Phyllis Diller
Photo a Bird of Paradise in Hawaii.
“Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your retirement home.”
Phyllis Diller
A delicious umbrella drink in Hawaii.
“Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.”
The Washington Monument in January 1968
“The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.”
Will Rogers
American Humorist
Photo is of a flower arrangement at Mama’s Fish House in Paia, Maui, Hawaii