Category Archives: Humor and Aging

As I get older, I experience changes in my body that all come down to More or Less MORE Growths I used to be proud of my skin. Somewhat dark-complexioned, as a teenager I loved lying in the sun during the summer and getting tanned. I had a few dark moles on my body thatContinue reading “More or Less”

My views about my health care management started changing a few years ago. Until then, whenever I had a health problem, I felt confident that with enough rest, or medication, or even surgery, the condition would be cured, and I would return to my usual worry-free health status. That’s not true anymore. It started aContinue reading “Under New Management”

vestigial, adjective- retention of structures or behaviors that are no longer useful. Most often applied to biological structures such as an appendix. During this time of COVID-19 I am doing some things that appear to be vestigial: Zoom call preparation I put on perfume before a Zoom call. This helps me feel I am readyContinue reading “Vestigial? Maybe Not.”

Being “on time” is usually considered desirable, but that’s often not possible. When I was a child, my family celebrated Hanukkah. The holiday always came around Christmas Day, but it fell on a different date each year, in accord with the Hebrew calendar. And each year my parents would say Hanukkah was either early orContinue reading “Almost Never On Time”

Her smell always comforted me. It reminded me of warm, soft, freshly cleaned blankets. When I was seven and eight years old I would get into bed with her if I had had a difficult day or felt sad. She never asked me why, but she always had open arms. Only five feet tall, withContinue reading “Bubba’s Legacy”