Growing Old, Gracefully.
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Green frogs
Some memories hang on. This one does. I was in West Bend, Wisconsin, at a popular coffee spot maybe 40 years ago. A dad was there with two kids, around five and seven years old. He just sat there, sipping his coffee and staring at the wall. His two kids were going nuts, …
I don’t mean to be koi
Oh my goodness! Just what I don’t need. Another addiction to mess with. It’s koi fish for our pond. I can’t go by the PetSmart store without pulling in, going to the fish section and selecting six more koi at twelve bucks a pop while I’m quietly whispering the Serenity …
Bathroom research
While the National Institutes of Health spent $465,339 teaching pigeons how to use slot machines, the Hiram Scott College Research Institute was getting no bucks, hanging around public bathrooms for good reasons. I don’t mean to brag, but I did a scientific study on …
Connie, my big sister
How lucky am I? At age 80, I’m still blessed with Connie, my oldest sister, who gives me support and wisdom whenever I need it late at night. Without a doubt, Connie is the brightest of the four Kuhl children. She whizzed through high school, college and graduate …
“What’s it all about?” by William Slebos
I can’t believe it. William was a classmate of mine at Lyons Township High School over 60 years ago. William was smart. Not so much me. William was popular, like class-president popular. Not so much me. Beautiful girls fawned over William. Not so much me. BUT… …