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• The way of time

  By 70-and-rising on July 13, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

             Some wise person once said “The days go slowly but the years go quickly.”  An even wiser person said  “It all goes too damn fast.” We sixty somethings know that the older we get, the faster time goes.  It’s… Read More ›

• Dare to be bored

  By 70-and-rising on July 7, 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  I was brought up to believe that to experience boredom was to exhibit a character flaw.  “Only the boring are bored,” was the unhelpful response if I dared utter the words “I’m bored,”  on some  hot, endless summer day when all… Read More ›

• Good books, good times

  By 70-and-rising on June 26, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m a big fan of book clubs/groups- whatever form they take:   in-person with food, library led, on-line, thematic, water-cooler types, or telephone based.  Though right now I  am a sporadic participant in two book groups, and chat about books on the phone with an… Read More ›

• Life’s a beach

  By 70-and-rising on June 22, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Four days at Rehoboth beach is the universal panacea for mental blight:  Bright sun glancing off the pearly ocean;  rhythmic pounding of the surf;  lacy hemlines of foam; brazen seagulls; cavorting dolphins close to shore; lifeguards practicing before sunrise; an absence… Read More ›

• Catawampus

  By 70-and-rising on June 15, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Back when I was thinking about having more children I would sometimes get a sensation of longing that a friend called “empty arms.” She told me that her mother would occasionally experience “empty arms,” even though my friend was one of eight… Read More ›

• Meditation-ally challenged

  By 70-and-rising on June 10, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  Meditative State Maybe tomorrow I’ll actually sit down, sit still,  fold my legs, close my eyes, breathe rhythmically and try to meditate.  Meditation sounds in theory like the perfect cure for what ails me.  I do want to feel balanced and peaceful…. Read More ›

• Achievers vs Sustainers

  By 70-and-rising on June 7, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  The one book that has influenced me most in both my personal and career life is Skills for Success by Adele Scheele, a nationally recognized career consultant who currently writes for the Huffington Post. I came upon this book, serendipitously,… Read More ›

• It’s “good enough” for me

  By 70-and-rising on May 29, 2011 • ( 2 )

  

  What does “good enough” mean, anyway? In my family of origin’s lexicon, it meant settling for something inferior. It meant being content with a mediocre situation or product. It meant being lazy, too easily satisfied with a version of the… Read More ›

• Reunion

  By 70-and-rising on May 24, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Rah Rah I  just received an e-vite to my 45th high school reunion. Is it possible that I could be this old?  Wasn’t it just a blink ago that I was soaking up the sun on the grassy area next to the… Read More ›

• Chocolate: the cure for what ails you

  By 70-and-rising on May 14, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  No meal is complete without a piece of chocolate.  It’s rich, it’s thick, it coats your tongue and it makes you forget your troubles.  Vanilla is anemic, strawberry is medicinal, mint isn’t robust… only chocolate satisfies.  Sure, it’s hard to… Read More ›