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aging

IRASCIBLE: angers easily

May 9, 2012

This word, irascible, is one which describes someone who has no control over anger.   It fumes from them at the slightest provocation. Strangely, it is a word which is somewhat reserved for older men, and there is a somewhat condoning character to its use.    It isn’t at all uncommon for someone to describe their aging [...]

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SANDWICH GENERATION: middle agers caught between caring for children as well as elderly parents

March 20, 2012

This may not be a new term to you, but sandwich generation is a term which needs to be lifted up every now and then just to remember what some people are experiencing.  It is a term which became popular in the 1980 era, which refers to the dual-care role played by many Americans these [...]

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SENIOR MOMENT: when an otherwise-familiar word or name escapes you

November 11, 2011

Appropriately designated as a characteristic of aging, senior moment is a term that enters into one’s life more and more as the years pile up.  You don’t have to be elderly to have a brain freeze moment; it can happen to anyone.  But it sure seems to be more and more frequent as the hair [...]

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AFFINAGE: the craft of adding flavor to cheese

October 23, 2011

Cheese has always been a significant part of my diet.   My father introduced me to various forms of “bleu cheese,” allowing me to become a lover of strongly-flavored, smelly cheeses at an early age.   We sometimes took a “Sunday drive” to a place in the Mohawk Valley of NY State (a couple of hours away) [...]

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BLUE HAIR: a pejorative comment about an older woman

October 16, 2011

When I was a child my grandmother would send me to Grants Department Store to get a bottle of “bluing” rinse.   It was a rinse that grey- or white-haired women used to give a little color and life to their hair.   It was applied after washing the hair.  She would let it set in for [...]

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CLEW: a ball of yarn

March 14, 2011

I mentioned in a previous posting that I am reading The Lake of Dreams, the new novel by my friend, Kim Edwards.  Her novel is laced with very powerful theological  references, reflecting Kim’s own spiritual journey, I suspect. At one point she references the labyrinth, a spiritual exercise of ancient Greece, but dating back numerous [...]

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SEPTUAGENARIAN: a person who is between 70-79 years old

November 11, 2010

I thought it would be more painful than it was.  On Monday I celebrated my 70th birthday.  Apart from an awakening jolt, when I said to myself, “Oh my God, I’m 70 today!” it was a perfectly normal day. I’ve told you before that I go to LaSalle Bakery every morning for a cup of [...]

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GERIATRIC: having to do with the elderly

October 24, 2009

Today my wife and I went to the local AAA to take a course about Driving for Mature Drivers. By taking it we get a reduction in our auto insurance. There we sat with a roomful of people our age or older. Some were dramatically older. It was scary, as a matter of fact, to [...]

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