J.Lo energetically performed at the 2020 Super Bowl. She is 50 years old and her body is toned and tanned. No matter what you think of the content of her performance, she looked absolutely terrific. A New York Times oped writer wrote a column the next day, saying she...
Being an adult is serious business, caring for the body, tending to our emotional and spiritual needs, taking care of others. And one of the first victim of this “maturity” is joy. What happens to delight? The American way, is to attain happiness by pursuing it. The...
I find the culture around aging and death to be damaging and silly. Rather than get on with the important work of old age — reconciliation, preparing for death, and imparting wisdom, we are encouraged to extend our fantasies of eternal youth, or at least eternal...
Grief overtook me on the street, suddenly after calm and pleasant lunch in company, bringing an inner systemic organ trembling and unfocused sorrow, arising from seemingly nowhere from no obvious immediate provocation. A little PTS. I wasn’t sure I could make it...
