Category: Reminiscence
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Dear Mr. Brooks
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David Brooks is a columnist for the New York Times.I answered his request in his column, “The Life Report.” I am quoting from his opening remarks. “If you are over 70, I’d like to ask for a gift. I’d like you to write a brief report on your life so…
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Superannuated, My Ass
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According to my dictionary, it is to be obsolete, old-fashioned or outdated. None of this applies to me and yet it does. Because this particular culture says so. This culture has an implicit statement to make about age and purpose. There are manifest and subtle latent cut-offs for people. In fact…
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Much Delayed
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Several weeks now since I heard I had vascular problems; several tests taken and finally the cardiologist reading the “will” to me. Apparently I can live, have lived with one artery closed with plaque, dental or otherwise, a series of mild issues with the heart, the dosage of two baby…
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Cotton Candy
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Centuries ago I lived in Brighton Beach, then Manhattan Beach, two communities on the south shore of Brooklyn. If you took transit, a bus or the el above Brighton Beach Avenue, you would come to Coney Island, even then a soiled slut of an area. It could serve as a set…