Becoming an Elder
Senior Stories

Becoming an Elder

When you lose the generation of your parents, and you yourself become an elder, what are you to make of that? As of today, my wife and I are officially elders in our immediate family. With the passing this afternoon of my mother-in-law, 93, whose moniker among her five kids and their kids is Racy…

Death of Common Sense
Senior Stories

Death of Common Sense: An Obituary

Common Sense lived a long life but died in the United States from heart failure on the brink of the new millennium. The tragic death of common sense is a devastating loss to this nation. No one really knows how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape….

Heavy Groping Starlite Drive-in
Nostalgia Senior Stories

Heavy Groping at Starlite Drive-in

Here’s how I remember it… I’d drive to the back of the large field partially filled with scores of other cars. Stars blazed in the black sky overhead Finding just the right spot, well back from the refreshment stand, I’d swing my ’39 Studebaker up onto the mound, secure the speaker in the window, kick…

Florida Drivers
Senior Stories

Florida Drivers Drive Till They Drop

In Florida, geezers rule. If a politician wants to stop us from driving, we just shoot him. It’s the law. A few weeks back, a local 93-year-old driver struck a pedestrian, severing his leg, and killing him instantly. The driver never slowed. Three miles later he reached our Sunshine Skyway Bridge where a toll taker…

Senior Articles Collection
Senior Stories

Senior Articles & Columns Collection

In Case You Missed Out…Enjoy These Recent Suddenly Senior Columns. We know you’ll enjoy our extensive list of senior articles and stories. A FRESH AND FUNNY LOOK AT SENIORDOM “I think my sexpiration date has expired!” SENIOR SEX Gramps Doing It! SENIOR NOSTALGIA Remember? Dating in the ‘50s and other lies SENIOR TRIVIA Are you…

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