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Riding Age, Standing Still
A ge is a peculiar creature. Despite riding it, you keep mapping yourself by events as your coordinates, and…
I did the Everest, but the headline screamed something else
C limbing Everest is still a big deal, but not as much as it was during the times of Edmund…
Why can’t they be on my page?
S ome things are so obvious that they stare you in the face. But you, being you, refuse to accept…
In-es-capable
I’d rather die annotated than live footnoted by bureaucracy
I n this hypersensitive, garrulous-takes-all world, old-timers like me seem destined for premature extinction. Even a healthy senior, who…
Think you decide your day? Ask Didi or all those who may not be named
L ying on the Fowler bed, I now have all the time in the world to reflect on life.…