Category Archives: aging

Wordsmiths

Thirty years ago, when he was Maybe five years old, Pete, our youngest Coined a cool phrase: It was a hot day in June; His mother arrived at the sitter’s In her parents’ Cadillac; Pete climbed into it and said … Continue reading

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44? 48? 51?

Forty-four years ago we married; Soon forty-eight years ago we kissed; But fifty-one years and soon we wrote: Two lives so intertwined so long so well No one understands but you who hold This bond so fast together and I … Continue reading

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Si difficile

Just in passing: The nurse who has turned off The air conditioner (cold conditioner, my grandson calls it) So she can hear my pulse While she takes my blood pressure (101/68) Just in passing she says “Mumble difficile” “Pardon?” I … Continue reading

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