LOOKING BACK: My daughter, who is 48 years younger than I am is just graduating from high school and going on to college. More than any of her ages so far, this is the one that I am most familiar. I remember wondering what life would bring. Now, I have not made a bucket list yet, but 65 years is a decent time to start alighting on life's snippets. I much prefer looking back, than looking forward. I didn't like looking toward my life. It made me nervous. Looking ahead now is not so bad, I think know the end of the story now and that it is a tender tearjerker at best. At worst, it can be a difficult and painful struggle.
SPEAKING OF AGE: There are a few problems, like erectile dysfunction. Or, in my case inadvertent sex change. Hey, where’d the thing go? I mean where is it? And I always wondered why elder guys leaned forward and put their hand on the wall while relieving themselves. Simple, we're using every strategy to get the tides moving. I use to sound like a horse relieving myself in my younger days, now I sound like tinker bell. One sure indication of creeping age is the amount of meds in the cabinet. Juggling medications is one thing I was never warned about. And have you ever noticed how older guys kind of leap out of chairs? Now I know why. We're trying to look like we were 20. But, you know, if you watch a 20 year old, they have two modes, stomping and slinking. They certainly never leap out of chairs. I don't think they actually sit in them, at least not the way they are designed. Also, I'm getting to enjoy dementia. Eventually one just forgets one is forgetting.
DR. JAGGAR: I've completed, along with my colleague, Sandra MacLees, seven years of performing in a Living History performance at the Park. This is where you interact with people as if you were all living back awhile, in our case, on March 15, 1912. I had a great deal of fun; some performances were outstanding with the characters and visitors interaction. The best story happened early on. After a show, an adolescent girl came up to me and asked if I had ever heard of computers. She added, they can do everything. I asked if they could milk cows. Her eyes furrowed and she gently cupper her hands against my cheeks, looked into my eyes, and said gently, "I come from the Future."
Check out Peter's book entitled The Fittest Idea: A Story of The Story.
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