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Tag Archives: aging
Got My Orange (Shoe) Crush
I underwent two significant epiphanies during the pandemic. One: you can roast virtually any vegetable. Here I’d been living a limited life of roasting potatoes and potatoes alone when all this time I could have been roasting asparagus, Brussels sprouts, … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Allbirds, fashion, footwear, humor, men’s fashion, middle age, orange shoes, shoes, shopping
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Got Tinnitus? I Hear Ya!
Pardon me? “We’re landing on my roof”? I’m sorry, I think I misunderstood you. I’m afraid I have trouble hearing. That’s why I’m standing here alone in the corner of this cocktail party. Ha-ha! I bet you thought I was … Continue reading
We Have Some Unsettling Nudes
Every now and then I remember the time I was blackmailed in college and I think, “Huh, that was weird.” When I enrolled at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, I was assigned to Bennett, a men’s residence that had … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Bennett House, blackmail, college pranks, extortion, humor, middle age, Mount Allison, nostalgia, nude photos
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My poker face has become a bad bet
My wife has a tell. If she’s about to lose her cool, you know it. The kids know it. I definitely know it. “Uh-oh,” we whisper in chilled tones. “Cheekbones…” That clenching of the jaw is the signal to abandon … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aging, emotions, facial expressions, humor, middle age, Zoom
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Permission to have the blues
I’m not going to lie, it’s been a rough week, for a number of reasons, not least being that I’m coming up to one year since my surgery for prostate cancer. Right now I’m in the clear, but you’re never … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, blues, Jane Kenyon, life, middle age, Poetry Foundation, prostate cancer, recovering from cancer, sadness, that's what she said
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