Now I know why the Americans call the season of autumn, "fall ( Read more... )

I made this post on FB, 3 years ago ( Read more... )

I wish we could visit a lot more of our seniors (yes, senior even to me!) and hear their stories and anecdotes. Today I visited a couple, and here's the anecdote ( Read more... )

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Here is my post about the afternoon

There's nothing the matter with me ( Read more... )

It strikes me that none of the management schools have any courses to deal with "after"....the years after one's active career is over, the "vana prastha" that Hindu scriptures deal with. Ambition is great while it is applicable, but I find that very few people, who have been driven by their careers, can deal with life after retirement; indeed, to ( Read more... )

DS' grandfather, Bob Shaffer, is 97...and he's truly a gentleman of the old school...gentle and kind. He's also a highly qualified man; he was the Dean of Indiana University (and my cousin met him when he...the cousin...was studying there!)


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Had a hectic week and weekend...but before I write about it all, here's something to make you smile ( Read more... )

I was thinking what it's going to be like when I am old...not so much old, as old and dependent on someone else, if mentally or physically, I became unable to care for myself ( Read more... )