Category Archives: Aging

Another Year Older, But I’m Not Complaining

Posted on January 25, 2016 by icedteawithlemon

Another year has slipped right through my fingers.  Another year of feeling the ravages of time in every creaking, Aspercremed joint, another year of watching gravity turn a pair of sock puppets and a belly button into sweaty dance partners, … Continue reading →

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What We Really, Really Want

Posted on September 23, 2015 by icedteawithlemon

It’s 3 a.m. and I am wide awake—again. I untangle from my sweat-soaked sheets and stumble blindly into the bathroom for the third time since crawling into bed just a few hours earlier. There’s no need to turn on the lights; … Continue reading →

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The Good Ol’ Days?

Posted on February 21, 2015 by icedteawithlemon

A Morning in My World, 2015 I awkwardly maneuver my stiff, creaking limbs off the pillow top mattress, and then I stumble to the bathroom counter to insert my contacts so I can see walls and doors before I run into … Continue reading →

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Older than Zip Codes–Yep, That’s Me

Posted on January 24, 2015 by icedteawithlemon

Tomorrow is my birthday, and I will be 55 years old. Fifty-five. Years. Old. The double nickel. Halfway through my fifties and skidding downhill toward my . . . I can’t even say it. Holy cow. How in the heck … Continue reading →

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You’ve Done It, Too–Right?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by icedteawithlemon

“Everybody is somebody else’s weirdo.”–Scott Adams I know I’m a little unusual, a bit eccentric and–let’s face it–sometimes even downright weird (all of which has been previously well documented). I do inexplicable things that don’t always make sense to others–things that … Continue reading →

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Standing at the Top of That Towering Hill

Posted on February 6, 2014 by icedteawithlemon

“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre Imagine climbing a long, towering hill. At the beginning of your journey, the summit is hidden in the … Continue reading →

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It’s the Journey That Matters

Posted on November 12, 2013 by icedteawithlemon

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway This past weekend I attended yet another funeral–this one for a good man who fought a long, … Continue reading →

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Pain, Gain, Guts, Glory . . . And Pickles

Posted on October 18, 2013 by icedteawithlemon

“Let those winds of time blow over my head, I’d rather die while I’m living than live while I’m dead.” –Jimmy Buffett, lyrics from “Growing Older But Not Up” He caught me off guard, in a weak moment when pride … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Middle-Aged Hippie Geek

Posted on July 11, 2013 by icedteawithlemon

Is it possible for one person to be middle-aged, a hippie and a geek? Such an odd combination of personas almost seems to be a contradiction, an oxymoron of sorts, but I am living proof that it is, in fact, … Continue reading →

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Back When I Wasn’t Old

Posted on June 26, 2013 by icedteawithlemon

Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Guatemalan Proverb You know how it is–or, at least, I hope you do. While looking for one misplaced item, you stumble across something else–something long forgotten–and suddenly a switch is flipped, a memory … Continue reading →

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