Tag Archives: Aging

Ready or not here I come-2017

Posted on December 16, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.” – Groucho Marx I will be fifty-six when the new year arrives. Fifty-six, four years away from, sigh sixty. I realize sixty is just a number but it is also two times … Continue reading →

Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

One More

Posted on September 27, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.” – Diane Ackerman I have been thinking a … Continue reading →

Posted in discover wp, Life, Longreads, Thoughts, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Shedding our skin

Posted on August 22, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

It’s mid-August and the cicadas have taken refuge in the big oaks in my yard, having dug their way out of the hard earth below. As the sun sets each evening these homely red-eyed creatures sing their songs in the heat and … Continue reading →

Posted in discover wp, Life, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Black clouds on the horizon

Posted on July 12, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

I led a discussion on a book recently with a group that I am a member of. It is a small gathering of about 15 or 25 people with an average age of 75 or so (I am one of the youngsters). There is a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

78.7 Years

Posted on March 30, 2016 by ends and beginnings blog

“Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 78.7 years. That is the average life expectancy of a male living in the United States today. If I am fortunate enough to live that long, the year will … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments