“Getting old ain’t for sissies!” – Bette Davis “We are always the same age inside.” – Gertrude Stein Hell yeah! That’s me! and all of you other old farts talking about “age ain’t nothing but a number” and so on – can kiss my wrinkled old ass! Actually wrinkles are not my problem, but if [...]

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Yes, I know it’s freezing… But the sun was shining brightly and I was awake and decided to take a walk in the brisk cold air and you know what? It felt great! Lately, I have been inactive and binge eating and my house has been a total mess. And I’ve hated myself for it. [...]

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It was inevitable. We are 48 years old. There are five of us bemoaning our advancing age, aches and waistlines. And there were reading glasses appearing out of nowhere!

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“Age ain’t nothing but a number.” That’s what a twenty something said to me last week. I laughed. And as I glanced around the tavern and bopped to the music ( a “top forty” tune that I loved singing with my band) I realized that maybe it was true. “You’re as young as you feel!” [...]

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