I have an old friend, Sam, who writes for the paper up in Virginia City. He visits me sometimes late at night. I don’t invite him. He just shows up to pass on his two cents of corny wisdom. A few months ago, I couldn’t fall asleep thinking about my pack of troubles. Sam …
Do you have times when your days, and then weeks, become hazy? They slip by without stirring up much memorable stuff. It’s like when I drive the same route from home to the grocery store, and I arrive without recalling much of the trip. So I got to wondering, how can I bring …
Strange. I’m falling in love with all these old folks. Most of my life, I paid no attention to those 70-, 80- and 90-year-olds who kept getting in my way. (Can’t they walk a little faster in the grocery store? Hey, you don’t need to come to a complete stop before taking a …
I learned a great lesson last week in a Holiday Inn bathtub: Don’t be sucked into situations I can’t escape. I had worked all day in a small Midwestern town. Not as long and hard as I used to, but I managed to exhaust my 77-year-old muscles and bones. Actually, I was …
One of the many wonderful things about aging is we can make a big ruckus about some tiny thing and no one pays any attention. Naturally, that brings me to why aspirin companies put big balls of cotton into little bottles of low-dose aspirin. My hunch is a 27-year-old Harvard …
My work in CONNECTIONS has provided great emotional rewards. Each gathering expands my personal relationships and gives me a cleaner window into understanding how people handle this whole aging thing. If someone volunteers to tell a story about themselves, it generally …
After much reflection, I have decided to devote the rest of my life and resources to CONNECTIONS Central. It’s about getting all of us to talk more and tech less. I invite you to go to connections-today.com to learn more and help me spread the word. Of course, I will …
Several readers have asked me what my favorite blog post has been over the years. No surprise — it’s about my favorite dog of all time, Billy Bragg, and all he taught me about aging. *This blog is longer than my Aging with Don Kuhl posts typically are. I’ll make it up to you …
Friendship bartering works like this: I share a piece of me with you, and you share a piece of you in return. Although at times it felt risky, these are the best deals I’ve made over the years. This is how it goes. If I trust a friend and want to strengthen our relationship, …
I’m aging backward at astounding speed. Here are my formal documentations. Documentation Number One: After 74 years of no stuffed animals on my bed, Freddie the rabbit and Millie the mouse have suddenly shown up. And I talk softly to them before I go to sleep. Additional …
