Entries from May 2008
96, but ageless…
February 5th, 2011
Today I said goodbye to a dear friend. The fact that she was 96, although an incredible achievement, was in some ways neither here nor there because Alicia Symondson was never defined by her age.
We often think as a society about how we can grow old gracefully; look younger; act younger, as if it’s some [...]
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God bless America - and keep it healthy
February 1st, 2011
Just got back from a week in LA - with a hacking cough and possible sinus infection. ”You can’t be ill,” said my son on the phone. ”It’s really sunny there!” But I was.
I can’t blame it on LA. Two days before I arrived I had a rather suspicious sore throat which came and went [...]
