I know it’s sick to think this way, but I can’t help myself. About six months ago, I started looking at various tables representing life expectancy. It’s like I want to make sure I beat the survival average for my gender and nationality. There are many ways the experts can …
This morning, I spotted a long, white hair growing out of the top of my right ear. I don’t know how long it had been hanging around – or who else may have discovered it and said nothing. It made me think of this elderly gentleman who works a crossword puzzle each morning at …
I’m not saying there aren’t a lot of exciting, romantic moments as Sherry and I cement our relationship well into our 70s – but the glue that holds it all together is gin rummy. We play every day – often several times a day. Our first game begins before 6 a.m. We sip coffee, …
Many years ago, a mentor of mine gave me a wonderful piece of advice that has never left me. Frank Tate said, “Don, don’t trade in one friend for another. Accumulate them like rare gems. The more you have, the greater the glow.” I’ve been lucky. I’m blessed with many …
People in my age group have a piece of knowledge that should be passed on to younger generations: “Life is good, but it’s not always fair.” For years, I thought some great judge was up there making sure that outcomes would be parceled out based on a fairness scale. If I did …
So I go into my office yesterday morning, and there is a plain, brown paper-wrapped package on my desk. There is no note hinting at what’s inside or where it came from. With some reservation, I tear it open to find the book Pictorial History of the Wild West. I smile and …
I’m still working. But just barely. My kind and talented staff allows me to stroll into our corporate office around mid-morning and wax eloquent on the way things used to get done. They nod their heads and then rush out to complete the work that allows The Change Companies® …
Over the recent holiday, I conducted a sophisticated study to determine the differences in men of my age group as compared to teenage boys. Three grandsons arrived, two from Denver and one from Madison, Wisconsin, as the subjects for my research. The results may appear …
I just wasn’t hip for around 74 years. But all of that changed in 2019. My original hips kept me from showing off my best dance moves. They also limited my ability to run, then kept me from Tahoe Rim Trail hikes and finally, made it painful to just walk a block. So in May, …
I’m not fond of roundabouts. I’m more of a four-way stop kind of guy. Last week, I was approaching an intersection in Reno. Of course, it was a roundabout, so I stop and wait for a car already in the roundabout to slip on by me. However, the red Ford comes to a complete stop …