Lead contributor Greg Asimakoupoulos expresses his perspective on current events and life in general through verse. We have used Greg's weekly expressions since SeniorLifesytle began in 2006 and borrowed (with permission) the "Rhymes & Reasons" title used on the Partial Observer website where his work still appears.

The updated SeniorLIfestyle site includes all of the Rhymes & Reasons we have used since April 2006. 


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A Morning Walk Along Collumbus Avenue by Garrison Keillor


(My World   April 18, 2024)
I want to tell the parents on Columbus Avenue, 'Take that kid on a trip alone with you to the Grand Canyon or Greenland or some other stunning spot; the privilege will see that kid through many hard times.'…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships


Man Walks Out on Stage as Storm Rolls —On Stage as Storm Rolls by Garrison Keillor


(My World   April 11, 2024)
I did my solo stand-up act in Ohio last week and in the midst of a story, the auditorium shook with a blast of thunder. Another roll of thunder. And I started singing, 'How Great Thou Art,' with the line, 'I see the stars, I hear the tolling thunder'...
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Music • Nature • Optimal Aging


My Plan for Today and April and May by Garrison Keillor


(My World   March 21, 2024)
People love people who have good stories and there is no good story without trouble so get into trouble while you're still young and have time to climb out of the ditch…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Inspiration • Memories • Optimal Aging


Mature Man Available for Speaking, Easy Terms by Garrison Keillor


(My World   March 14, 2024)
I am one of America's few remaining octogenarian stand-up comics, still able to stand for up to two hours, even three, and in the current comedy crop, I am a classicist…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Optimal Aging • Wisdom


Flaoting Down the Canyon Through the Rapids by Garrison Keillor


(My World   February 29, 2024)
I accept change, even some changes that pain me. In that respect, life is not unlike rafting through fhe Grand Canyon with calm pools between the boiling rapids…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Learning • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Trends


Look Around, I Get the Drift by Garrison Keillor


(My World   December 14, 2023)
I still feel loved. I tried to feel abandoned so I could be an important poet but it didn't work. LAUGHTER…
Topics: Attitudes • Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Writing


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


The Gift of Helen Story, Remembered by Garrison Keillor


(My World   September 14, 2023)
Somehow the ridiculous missteps of my life lead to this day in September, the back-to-school month, and in my heart I am still walking into the old high school, anxious to do well in Lyle Bradley's biology and Helen Story's English class…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Education • Humor • Learning • Memories • Optimal Aging • Tribute, Testimony


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


The Art of Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor


(My World   July 27, 2023)
The pleasure of moving is the excavation of the past. I open a box and here's a photo of my fifth-grade class, the eager neatly-combed-and-dressed boy with glasses is me. I am still that eager boy, heavier but anxious to do well…
Topics: Change • Contemplation, Insight • Hopes & Dreams • Humor • Memories • Optimal Aging


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


Discoveing Gravity and Grace in Our Journey by Leona Bergstrom


(Health & Wellness   July 14, 2023)
Introducing the Gift of Life Review
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Grace • Optimal Aging • Wellness


Canada is Burning, But We're Doing Okay by Garrison Keillor


(My World   July 13, 2023)
And so I set aside the past and retreat into the present and take pleasure in the morning coffee, the granola with berries, the appearance of She Whom I Love . . . there is serenity to be found and freedom from the vast treasury of available anxiety.
Topics: Change • Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Disaster • News


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


Manhattan Man Living in the Past by Garrison Keillor


(My World   May 25, 2023)
What's on my mind is family history, the seven children of James Keillor and Dora Powell, and in all of Manhattan there's not a single soul who has the slightest interest, nor should there be…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Faith • Family • Memories • Optimal Aging


A Walk in the Park in April by Garrison Keillor


(My World   April 20, 2023)
It strikes me as sad, walking around Central Park on a paradise spring day, the cherry trees in full blossom . . . so much public happiness, to think of the cloud of bitterness over this generous country…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Gratitute • Leisure • Nature • Politics • Seasons • Social Issues • Social Media • Social Movements


The Old Man's Winter Weekend by Garrison Keillor


(My World   March 9, 2023)
Omaha is a well-kept city with a handsome classic downtown and I ate lunch in a downtown café a few tables away from a long table with six middle-aged guys around it and I loved listening to them talk…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Memories • Travel


Into the Tunnel, Thinking in the Dark by Garrison Keillor


(My World   September 2, 2022)
The technician said through a speaker, “How are you doing? Not much longer.” Actually, I wished it could be longer…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Health Care • Memories • Optimal Aging • Wellness


Life Comes in Focus as the Day Approaches by Garrison Keillor


(My World   August 26, 2022)
Open-heart surgery didn’t exist when I was a kid; . . . the fact that they imagine a guy of eighty deserves a battery jump is very inspiring…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Health Care • Hopes & Dreams • Opportunity • Optimal Aging • Science & Technology • Wellness


Drama is Life Trying to Get Our Attention by Garrison Keillor


(My World   August 12, 2022)
Carrying anger in your heart is misery in a bottle. . . thoughts on life as an old man prepares for open heart surgery…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Forgive, Forgiveness • Health Care • Hopes & Dreams • Learning • Optimal Aging • Wellness


The Author Disembarks Almost by Garrison Keillor


(My World   July 22, 2022)
Thoughts of summer—and life—triggered by a New York subway mishap…
Topics: Attitudes • Change • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Nature


70 Life's Lessons by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   April 23, 2022)
What I’ve learned in seventy years of living…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Contemplation, Insight • Learning • Memories • Optimal Aging


What You Won't Read in the Paper, Except Now by Garrison Keillor


(My World   March 3, 2022)
Say what you will, life is good…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Inspiration • Memories


Thoughts About Toothpaste and Patriotism by Garrison Keillor


(My World   February 11, 2022)
I am at an age when one is grateful for every day…
Topics: Comfort & Consolation • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Friends & Neighbnors • Humor • Patriotism


The Longest Night by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(Rhymes & Reasons   December 10, 2021)
Longing for a new day to dawn…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Faith • Holiday Season • Loneliness • Seasons


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


I'll Fly Away by Bill Nichols


(My World   November 24, 2018)
Thoughts stirred by a morning walk…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Dying and Death • Memories • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Nature