A View from My Seventies

Living in Limbo

Hanging around. Waiting. Wondering. Fretting. Feeling clueless… Actually, I just Wiki’d Limbo and discovered good old Limbo—a place I think of as being neither here nor there, sort of poised in the middle distance—is in fact defined as “the edge…
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My Uppy Downy Ninetieth Birthday

I’ll tell you the truth. Being ninety—actually arriving at so august, so distant, so unlikely/impossible a number–on the one hand turned out not to be a biggie. On the other hand, it’s mind-boggling, marvelous. I confess I walk around with…
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A Rewarding Way with Solitaire

Solitaire. The very word—if I let it—would cast shame… A card game played alone… Why would you play a card game all by yourself? Cards are for playing with friends and cohorts—pals, chums, jolly types. Play cards alone? you’ve got…
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So How Do You Face Derision?

So how do you face derision? …cuffs to the heart… …arrows to the soul… …misreadings of the essence of your being? Me? At first I tried warmth. Interest. Lovingkindness, even. Please. Get out of my face. Then I tried…no I…
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