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Musing About Muse and Keeping Up With My Grandson

No one's going to take me alive Time has come to make things right You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive My grandson Ryan is 13. He's a great kid. Great son and grandson. Great brother. Great student. Great musician. Ryan plays guitar, drums, piano and just about anything else you put in front of him. He loves music. Not so much the kind of music I enjoy. You know, '60's and '70's stuff - and a little Country - and hymns - and did I mention '60's and '70's stuff? [READ MORE]

On Being Elderly

[email protected]2016-05-28T10:03:24-04:00January 25th, 2016|Uncategorized|

The TV news this morning blared out a headline that "an elderly couple" was injured in a car wreck somewhere near here. Auto accidents are so common in these parts that the wreck didn't really register with me. But the words "elderly couple" crashed into me like a head-on collision. What exactly constitutes an "elderly" couple these days? I turned to Sandy and asked, "If we were involved in a news story like this would they describe us as 'an elderly couple'?" She didn't hesitate. "Yup." Elderly? ELDERLY? US????? No! NO! Say it ain't so, Joe!" Despite my denials, there is a [READ MORE]