Look at any outdoor photograph of American men taken before 1960 and you’ll see every last man wearing a hat. Be it a fedora or homburg, slouch or porkpie, Panama or boater, hats used to be as essential as shoes, adding a fine flourish to proper manly appearance. Remember? The hat was so common that…
Seniors return to college So many seniors tell me that college was one of the best times of their lives. I agree. Perhaps that’s why I continue to find myself in class – usually at least one a semester – even at age 71. Of course, all those cute coeds don’t detract from the experience….
Yesterday started out good enough. Like most folks my age, I got up early. Drank coffee. Took my pills. Read the paper. Feigned a couple of squats and stretches. Remembered my father’s caution “What don’t hurt, don’t work. Nothing unusual so far. As you pass age 70, and into your eighth decade, a long dormant…
Finding yourself single and over 50 can be like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole. For women, even the statistics are topsy-turvy. Older men are nearly twice as likely to be married as older women. Almost half of women over 65 live alone compared with one in six men. And, oh, how the dating game…
Last week I attended my 50th college reunion. A pleasant affair, where over 100 of us, now in our 70s and mellowed beyond having to prove anything, enjoyed the company of old friends, reminiscing, and catching up with each other’s past 50 years. East College Reunion, DePauw University But for all the joy, laughter, and…
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