Elder Diaries

Wise and otherwise

By Robert Roth • This post is excerpted from “Book of Pieces“. “Book of Pieces” is a combination of fiction, personal/political prose, an interview, a libretto and some poetry. The first piece was written in the late ’70s, when Roth was 37. The last in 2016 at 72. • My mother at 89 pounds, dehydrated, […]

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By Cheryl Marita • I put a note in my bottle today, the same note that I sent to my granddaughter in college. I believe it is a philosophy that may help us as we deal with aging and death. It is the Zen teaching of “beginner’s mind.” I’ve never been 73 before, and that […]

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