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'Stand Up for Yourself' I Keep Thinking to Myself by Garrison Keillor


(My World   November 16, 2023)
I'm not a newcomer to this world and I have never met a person with such exquisitely fine taste in the coffee realm. Wine, yes. Coffee, no.
Topics: Attitudes Lifestyle, General Relationships


Visitng Home After a Long Time Away by Garrison Keillor


(My World   October 12, 2023)
Flattery is offensive to a Minnesotan. My mother recoiled if someone praised her cooking and I do the same when someone praises a book I wrote…
Topics: Attitudes Beliefs Contemplation, Insight Contentment, Satsifaction Memories Relationships Travel


All I Know is What She Tells Me by Garrison Keillor


(My World   September 28, 2023)
I get the news from my wife, who sits reading the paper across the breakfast table from me and tells me what I need to know, ignoring much of page 1…
Topics: Humor News Politics Relationships Writing


Surprised by Oxford Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   September 25, 2023)
Remedying broken relationships…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment Circumstances, Life Events Education Faith Grace Learning Movies Relationships


Enough About Them, This is About Me by Garrison Keillor


(My World   August 3, 2023)
I turn 81 in a few days and I intend to spend my remaining time looking at beautiful things, starting with my wife, and enjoying music and comedy and theater and the writing of writers who make me happy.…
Topics: Beliefs Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) Change Contemplation, Insight Optimal Aging Relationships


Ports of Call on an Unforgettable Journey by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   July 22, 2023)
A miniature suitcase that adorned my bookshelf during the pandemic caps off memories of an incredible decade…
Topics: Change Character, Integrity Christian Life Circumstances, Life Events COVID-19 Faith History Minorities News Optimal Aging Relationships Retirement


Stepping into My Story by Richard Bergstrom


(My World   July 21, 2023)
Taking time to reconsider my life story. Part two of Richard and Leona's personal stories as examples of the Gift of Life Review…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) Contemplation, Insight Contentment, Satsifaction Faith Grace Memories Optimal Aging Relationships


A Lovely Lunch Last Week in New Haven by Garrison Keillor


(My World   June 22, 2023)
At lunch with a pregnant woman, you talk about ordinary life, family, summer, the food, the elation of the kids at the graduation we’d attended that morning and the pride of their parents, and we never set foot in politics at all…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events Communication Contentment, Satsifaction Optimal Aging Relationships


O Fabulous Day! Callooh! Callay! by Garrison Keillor


(My World   June 1, 2023)
Stupidity has given me sympathy for other knuckleheads and also admiration for the beautiful competence of American medicine, which has extended my life dramatically, making it possible for me to beat myself up for my mistakes and not just take up space.
Topics: Attitudes Circumstances, Life Events Civility Current Events, News Humor News Optimal Aging Politics Relationships


Becoming Like Children by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   May 27, 2023)
Reflecting on my boyhood experience sitting at my pastor-father's typewriter…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight Faith Family Memories Relationships


On a Wing and a Prayer Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   March 25, 2023)
Deadly danger; divine drama?…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment Beliefs Circumstances, Life Events Coping Courage Crisis Faith Movies Relationships Risk


The Longer You Live the Better It Gets by Garrison Keillor


(My World   March 23, 2023)
Mortality is what makes the gifts enormous…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring Attitudes Gratitute Inspiration Optimal Aging Relationships


Longing for the Good Old Days! by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   March 11, 2023)
A vintage postcard from my hometown of Wenatchee, Washington stirs memories…
Topics: Faith Family Financial History Memories Relationships Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving


Even Old People Need to Explore New Realams by Garrison Keillor


(My World   February 10, 2023)
I do not have a single friend who was looking forward to hearing Taylor Swift and who was furious at Ticketmaster for messing up her tour and watched carefully the congressional hearings into the whole Swiftian crisis. Nobody.…
Topics: Attitudes Change Choices and Decision Making Learning Optimal Aging Relationships


The Beauty of a Bitterly Cold Sunday Morning, 8 AM by Garrison Keillor


(My World   February 2, 2023)
The world is a mess but dread gets us nowhere so cheer up and then go do what you were put here to do…
Topics: Attitudes Faith Memories Relationships Religion Wisdom


You Will Get it Wrong . . . But You Won't Make it Worse by Cariad Lloyd / The Guardian


(Connections   January 27, 2023)
16 ways to talk to people who are grieving…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring Circumstances, Life Events Comfort & Consolation Communication Coping Dying and Death Loss & Grieving Love Optimal Aging Relationships


A Pleasant Night with Nice People in LA by Garrison Keillor


(Connections   January 13, 2023)
People could go hear a lecture on the coming water shortage in the Southwest or come hear me tell you that life is pretty good and could be worse but even if bad things happen there is a great deal of kindness in the world…
Topics: Attitudes Circumstances, Life Events Contentment, Satsifaction Optimal Aging Relationships


A Hike to Times Square and Back by Garrison Keillor


(My World   January 6, 2023)
And then it comes back to me, the memory of Times Square in 1953, I was eleven, on a trip with my father…
Topics: Christmas Family Holidays Holiday Season Love Memories Relationships


Sick in Hotel Room, Thinking Back by Garrison Keillor


(My World   December 8, 2022)
This would've been a good story for the college kids to hear but of course they have no interest in listening to an old man talk about the 20th century. To them, 1964 is next door to 1864 and the Civil War…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) History Memories Relationships


The Sunset by Lisa Bubert / Longreads


(Health & Wellness   December 2, 2022)
There are plenty of reasons to see nursing homes as sad, neglectful places. There are also reasons to see them as something else entirely…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) Coping COVID-19 Dying and Death Health Care Memory (failing, improving) Relationships Social Issues


Nothing is Impossible Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   September 30, 2022)
Hoops, romance, second chances…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment Circumstances, Life Events Faith God Hopes & Dreams Movies Relationships Trust


A Letter from a Father in Heaven by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   July 9, 2022)
Loving thoughts to a daughter from out of this world…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events Faith Family Relationships


The Mulligan Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   March 31, 2022)
Need a second chance?…
Topics: Communication Faith Family Inspiration Media Movies Relationships


Weeping with Those Who Weep by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   February 10, 2022)
Who can you comfort today?…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events Comfort & Consolation Compassion Faith Inspiration Relationships


A Cactus' Lesson by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(My World   January 28, 2022)
It's never too late to grow and reach…
Topics: Birthdays & Annivesaries Faith Learning Metaphors, Life Lessons Nature Optimal Aging Relationships


Anniversaries by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Connections   August 13, 2021)
They frame the yesterdays of our lives with meaning…
Topics: Faith Family Memories Optimal Aging Relationships


The Streets Were My Father Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   June 17, 2021)
Who's your daddy? A story of hopelessness and redemption…
Topics: Abuse and Addiction Addictions Change Circumstances, Life Events Crime, Justice, Punishment Faith Father's Day Forgive, Forgiveness Grace Hopes & Dreams Movies Relationships Social Issues


The Biggest Wastes of Time We Regret When We Get Older by Kristin Wong / Lifehacker


(Our World   May 28, 2021)
For seniors who look back with regret, you can still change course for the future…and help others make the most of their time…
Topics: Change Choices and Decision Making Hopes & Dreams Lifestyle, General Opportunity Optimal Aging Relationships


Blue Miracle Movie by Rusty Wright


(Arts & Entertainment   May 27, 2021)
Castoff kids, fractured families, fishing, and hope…
Topics: Character, Integrity Charity Faith Hopes & Dreams Inspiration Movies Nature Relationships Sports


Wasting Time Kristin Wong


(My World   March 4, 2020)
The biggest wastes of time we regret when we get older…
Topics: Discipline Relationships Values


He Faced Death this Week by Bill Nichols


(Health & Wellness   September 1, 2019)
It made be think…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events Comfort & Consolation Contemplation, Insight Coping Dying and Death Disease Fears, Concerns Relationships Wellness


The Waiting Room by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   July 13, 2019)
Experiencing the emotion of a mother's last days…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight Dying and Death Faith Family Relationships


Comfortable Saying I Don't Know? by Bill Nichols


(Faith   December 21, 2018)
For some it's a hard lesson to learn…
Topics: Christian Life Communication Faith God Relationships


Joy While Grieving by Bill Nichols


(Health & Wellness   November 20, 2017)
Reflections on the loss of a dear friend…
Topics: Coping Dying and Death Faith Loss & Grieving Relationships