Holy Moly. I Could Live a Long Time.

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Have you taken the Blue Zones Vitality Test? I took the Blue Zones Vitality Test. You can too, right here: Blue Zones Vitality Test. Full disclosure: I will turn 70 this year, and I got back from the doctor’s office, had … Read More

Thank you, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder

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Schroeder helped enact laws to support equality Pat Schroeder sat in the small living room of a house in Denver, a meet-the-new-congresswoman event in 1973. She had just been elected to the House of Representatives at age 32, two years … Read More

Seeing the Whole Picture Without a Camera

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Or is philosophy an excuse for laziness? My lasting impression of the sun setting into the Aegean Sea on Santorini Island in Greece is hundreds of cellphones raised high to get the perfect shot. I started to do the same … Read More

Great English Teachers who Taught Writing

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Who was your best writing teacher? When I meet old high school friends, we all agree that we were lucky to have had great high school teachers. The legendary teachers were English staff. We benefited from the days before women … Read More

Call me Scarface

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How many skin cancers are on your face? Maybe you slathered on cocoa butter or baby oil and baked beneath the sun in your teen-aged years to get that Coppertone tan, even if you were a fair white person with … Read More

The Navy Vet

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What labels do we use to define a life? “I’m so lonely,” he said. “Would you have a drink with me on my patio for happy hour?” Our cars were assigned parking spaces next to each other. He owned an … Read More