“You’re nuts,” my surgeon neighbor said to me. “Frogs don’t live for 15 years.” “Apples has, and he’s as healthy as ever,” I told him. Apples is a cute little green frog that hangs out on top of the cabinet in my garage. Over the years, Sherry and I have provided him a mason …
My wife, Sherry, is really starting to bug me about her physical fitness. She found this personal trainer named Johnny who has tattoos on both arms and I don’t know where else. He’s really fit and handsome. He also has a great sense of humor and is very smart. His whole …
I’ve never mastered the art of sleeping, even after reading a half dozen books authored by professionals claiming to be great sleep experts. How smug they must be hiding behind the authoritative lines of print in the paperback books that line my bedroom shelf. At three in …
At times my mind races on about stuff that just doesn’t matter, as if a floodgate of concern has opened up, like this morning when I couldn’t get my Southwest tickets to print out 24 hours in advance of my flight to Tampa and what if I get stuck in C group and all that …
Here’s a good tip I have learned from my life. When I had a close friend and felt we had a special bond and then something happened that caused the friendship to go south, I felt the whole relationship was a tragic loss. That’s not right. Just because circumstances and …
Ever since I was a young man, I have appreciated the appearance of strong and delicate women of all ages. In the grand scheme of things, my favorite piece is a pencil drawing by Andrew Wyeth of his elderly neighbor and friend looking through her old window. Wyeth’s work …
I’ve lived on the same property for almost 30 years. At the time, Sherry and I borrowed over our financial heads, but now we are blessed with a modest home on a great 10 acres attached to mountains that reach up toward Lake Tahoe. The property was a lot like me when we first …
A cardinal rule as one ages is to keep your essential items in one spot: in a drawer, on the corner of a dresser or in the bowl on the coffee table. There, at immediate command, are your car keys, cell phone, wallet or purse. This is like kindergarten for older folks. The …
I was hanging out on my front porch with Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford when the topic came up as to why the three of us stay so dang handsome and popular as we age. Clint went first, “I just keep it simple. I don’t say much, and I always look tough and rugged.” My …
Did you know I dated the Homecoming Queen at the big high school I graduated from? I was a nothing, never allowed at the popular lunch table, stuttered my way to the lower half of my high school class and never made the varsity high school basketball or football team. What …