You may have read about my late spouse John Palmer in my book Living With the Stranger in Me: An Exploration of Aging. John was 23 years older than I, and was grieving the loss of Edna, his wife of 46 years, when he came to me, her cousin. [Read More...]
Losing Weight
January 9, 2012 By 4 Comments
Lose weight. How many times have I heard that ominous directive, not only from my doctor’s lips, but from my own guilt-manufacturing neurosis? [Read More...]
Unique Issues in Aging for LGBT Seniors
December 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
What’s so different about being old and sexually diverse and being old and heterosexual? [Read More...]
Finding Delight Again
November 23, 2011 By 4 Comments
Loneliness is a killer. If not physically disabling, the awful silence in a house of one person threatens madness. No wonder lonely people watch so much television! Electronic voices fill the void and provide resistance to that flood of nothingness that perversely insists on attention. That feeling, my friends, is madness. [Read More...]
Something Old/ Something New
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Something old is here bringing something new. The something old is I bringing newly created thoughts and insights to the Internet. (Yes, the English teacher in me compels the word “I,” not “me.”) [Read More...]
