Tag Archives: older age

Just lop it off.

Two weeks ago I noticed that the left side of my left bug toe was getting rather large. A week ago this swelling was turning dark red and hurting…a lot.
What is it about passing 50 and getting my first ingrown toenail? Is this part and parcel of growing old? Arthritis, runny eyes, failing eyesight and [...]

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Those protruding bones

I was lying in bed last night, which is usually what I do at night, trying my best to get to sleep but my face absolutely refused to relax. Has this ever happened to you? Laying there in bed wondering why you feel so uptight when you finally realize that your face is all scrunched [...]

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That’s funny. I don’t feel fifty

I woke up this morning feeling about like I always do when my dearest Love, who had arisen before me (as usual) and was blasting away at some horrible alien thing on her computer, looked over her shoulder at me and said “Happy birthday honey!”.  At that single moment in time I realized that today [...]

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I’m not a bad speller-I just forget what word I’m typing

It’s true enough. I used to be a great speller and still am as a matter of fact. Unfortunately it seems that I’ve come to that time in life where I find myself spelling a word like constitut… and completely forgetting what the word was that I was trying to type halfway through the middle [...]

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Bifocals Baby!

I’ve been handed my “old age” hat. The VA is sending me bifocals from my last eye exam. Sheesh!

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I’m chewing as fast as my tooth will let me.

Once upon a dinner dreary,
as I tried to chew my food and nearly,
lost the only tooth that I had left.
 

I sat in front of tasty beef stew,
wondering  where my teeth had gone to,
feeling so bereaved and so bereft.
 

I fear the only choice to con-clude,
now it’s only soup and soft foods,
and anything that I can [...]

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New Englanders always know how to have fun.

One thing about living anywhere in northern New England, you have to find ways to offset the usual hardships of living and working in such a rugged environment. Although the Northernmost states of New England are well known for their scenic beauty no matter what the season (with the exception of mud season perhaps), the natives who [...]

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