I SEE YOU YAWNING ALREADY! The napping codger is a cherished American cliché for useless and lazy old age. What a shame! For years, I resisted the temptation to sneak off to nap for a half hour or so. Not wanting to be senior before my time, I put napping up there with drinking before…
Every summer I drove past those big revival tent meetings. I thought about how interesting it’d be to check out the celestial activities advertised on roadside signs: “DUSTY BIBLES LEAD TO DIRTY LIVES“ “GOD IS ALWAYS ON TIME. TONIGHT HE’LL BE HERE AT 8” “WELCOME. PRAYER TENT REVIVAL MEETING AT 7” The Lord’s Prayer: A…
When Did I Become Invisible? As a kid of the ‘40s, I’d spend hours daydreaming about the enchanting prospects of invisibility. Being invisible just seemed super cool to me. I’d see movies, free. I’d sneak a peek at a naked Mary Lou Bjorken in the girls’ locker room. Oh I admit, I was too young…
I don’t know whether it was my second or third trip driving through Sendai, Japan in the 1950s. It was then that I noticed two old Nipponese women sitting on a bench outside one of the local train stations. There Goes the Bride, Groom, Kids I was an analyst for an Army Intelligence operation in…
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…
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