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Health & Medical Senior Stories

My Face: Droopy, Floppy, and Slack

Last night I made a mistake of epic proportions and took a good look at my face in an unflattering mirror. It’s bad enough as we grow older to look at ourselves in a mirror that minimizes the ravages of age. But you can’t always find one completely fogged over. So I decided to be…

Socratic Method
Senior Stories

Socratic Method and Other Tortures

It was the last examination of my last year in law school. The class was Remedies which details what damages can be awarded in any successful civil lawsuit. Public Discourse: Is Civility Dead? I had finished the first two essay questions and still had two hours left. Then I put a blank sheet into my…

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Senior Stories

Favorite Senior Hobbies: Up in Smoke

We all should have a hobby to keep us from fading into oblivion in our sunset years. I have had two and they both seemed to show up in smoke recently when I discovered a “Revised and Updated Edition” of a book first published in 1942. Time to Retire? Find a Senior Hobby! Actually, it…

Never Too Old
Health & Medical

5 Things You’re Never Too Old For

Aging is one of the most complex situations we go through in our lives. While growing older comes with a number of benefits, it can also be quite challenging as well. No matter how old we are now, everyone has stopped and had that moment where they just thought, “I’m too old for this.” It…

Senior Wills
Finance Health & Medical

Wills: Every Senior Needs One ASAP

Once anyone has reached the age where they have accrued assets and wish to confer those assets to their descendants, dependents, or simply family and friends, it is time to write a will. Will writing can be a confusing process for some because little is known of how to actually create the legal document required…

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