The Old Man and the Gi
By Dave Jaffe At age 64, I began my martial arts studies because waffles were winning. While my weight had fluctuated throughout my youth, now I was having trouble dropping extra pounds. My Thin […]
Tag: aging
A Dog, a Screen, and a Bed
Let’s talk about pain. Young people tend to be reckless because they haven’t experienced real pain. There was a time when, one a scale of one to ten, I would have rated my chronic back […]
Wisdom for Dummies
It’s true what they say: Age is a matter of mind. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. But you’re still just as old. Find more dubious advice in I Used to Think I Was […]
Aging, Angst and Funny: Meet Perry Block and Keith Stewart
Today, we highlight two of our funniest writers of the Y chromosome persuasion. They make us laugh, cry and sometimes blush. It’s time to pick up their books and let yourself be entertained. Perry Block […]
Feed a Printer Starve a Fish?
My adult daughter recently told me that she “pulled a mom.” “Go ahead,” I said on the phone. “Tell me what you did.” She proceeded to explain that she was running a 10k. […]
Down the Graying Yellow Brick Road
Handsome Hubby and I recently took a trip down the (graying) yellow brick road and oh, what a trip it was! More precisely, we went to see Elton John […]
The Fabulous Five: Calisthenics for the Rest of Us
“Recent research suggests that activities you’d never think of as exercise, like running errands and cleaning the bathroom, still have longevity perks.” – TIME Magazine, December 10, 2018 Gee, who knew there was an upside […]