It’s Sunday morning. I’m in the greenhouse. Classical music is playing, and I’m reading a new book on cognitive-behavioral therapy that supposedly makes this topic simple. This morning, I’m particularly interested in strategies to help me relax and sleep better. My …
I’m an Olympian competing in a newly sanctioned sport: aging well. My secret is refiguring the scoring methodology. Actually, until I took charge, I wasn’t doing so hot. My doctor held up the number 6 (based on my darn blood pressure readings). My accountant dropped me …
Guilt can drive me absolutely nuts. Most of the time, my guilt does not help me a bunch. One approach to lessen my guilt is to make brief, sincere amends to individuals I have offended. Over the years, I’ve been blessed by communicating with loyal followers of my …
Costco is my new playground. I go with Sherry, and while she is pushing one of those big carts and getting needed supplies, I’m floating around, looking for fun stuff to occupy my time. My latest game is to go up to people I have never met and say, “I can’t find my wife. …
Over the weekend, I talked with Ann about what she and Ben have experienced over the past few years, months and days. Here’s how she describes their journey together: “Ben developed kidney disease three years ago. It got us talking about ‘end of life’ …
Several major studies have indicated that meaningful friendships are the best medicine for a long, happy life. They beat out gobs of money, job success or where one might choose to live. This got me thinking of Jerry, one of my pals in grade school. We lived about half a …
For me and Sherry, the highlight of every weekend is loading our trailer with dead brush and driving out to the Carson City Landfill. We drive toward the weigh scale behind all these mammoth trucks and tractors doing the big-time jobs around Carson City. Men and women full …
I’ve made an important rediscovery. People’s faces are beautiful. They come in all configurations and sizes. The distinctive and expressive wrinkles that cross their cheeks and surround their eyes sketch the personal stories that have made their lives unique. …
I deserve a dog biscuit. It’s been months since I’ve featured one of my shepherds in a blog post. Now I can’t help myself. Of our four white Swiss shepherds, Sammy Watt What is our comedian. Although all four were sired by the same father, Sammy is special. A few …
When I wake up in my 70s and think about this day and the next day and the next day, it’s so easy to put my life in cruise control. I’m not going to let it happen. I’m better than that. I have more to offer. Screw all those people who want to put me …
