You Know you’re old…..

Posted on February 15, 2021February 10, 2021 by Simon

If you have to use one of these.... Read More

Lunch

Posted on February 6, 2021January 29, 2021 by Simon

“Who are you going to have lunch with today?” “Isolation is perhaps the greatest pandemic facing an aging population.” James Coughlin.... Read More

The Destination

Posted on February 5, 2021January 13, 2021 by Simon

“Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be.” Steve Jobs in 2003 after surviving his first bout with cancer. Sunset in Lahaina Roads fro... Read More

A Closed Mind

Posted on January 22, 2021January 13, 2021 by Simon

“A closed mind is a dying mind.” Edna Ferber The windmill is at a cattle watering tank in the Aqua Fria National Monument. Everything about it is old except the solar panels.... Read More

Old Age

Posted on January 15, 2021January 13, 2021 by Simon

”Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time, so one might as wel... Read More

A Great Life

Posted on July 24, 2020July 2, 2020 by Simon

“I’ve had a great life. If I die today I would not feel cheated.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from the Mt. Baldy area in Southern California. There are hun... Read More

Dignity

Posted on July 17, 2020July 2, 2020 by Simon

“Death with dignity is mostly an oxymoron.” Rabbi Sam Karff From: Old Man CountryBy Thomas R Cole Photo is from a 2015 hike up My Baden Powell in the San Gabriel Mountains.... Read More