Aging with Grace

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  • Quiet Dignity

    Dignity does not consist of possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle What I write for this blog is, on occasion, decided for me. In today’s case it was determined by two events. The first was a meditation I listened to this morning by Jeff Warner titled, Quiet Dignity. The second…

    October 19, 2023

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    Lifestyle, Social Commentary, Uncategorized
    Aging, aging gracefully, angst, Aristotle quote, diginity, John SInger Sargent
  • Capturing Time

    “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I, ” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us” J.R.R. Tolkien It’s…

    October 12, 2023

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    Lifestyle, Social Commentary
    Coping, healing, J.R.R. Tolkien quote, pain, procrastination, time
  • The Elusive Quest for Perfection

    Have no fear of perfection-you’ll never reach it. Salvador Dali Aging and perfection are at odds, I’ve found. It’s a problem on a couple of levels. First, I don’t know of anyone who has ever been able to avoid aging and second, the older I become the harder it is to achieve perfection. The garland…

    October 5, 2023

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    Inspiration, Lifestyle, Psychology
    Aging, expectations, family, imperfection, perfection, Salvador Dali quote
  • The Waving Girl

    One of the risks of being quiet is that people can fill your silence with their own interpretations. Sophia Dembling From a young age, Florence Martus was captivated with the ships that sailed through the port of Savannah. She begin to greet them with a wave of her handkerchief as they passed by. Once started,…

    September 28, 2023

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    Inspiration, Lifestyle, travel
    creativity, hospitality, Inspiration, Savannah, Sophia Dembling, travel
  • Savannah Thoughts

    One of my cherished memories of Savannah is a small restaurant and bar called Betty Bombers. It’s located just a short walk from the apartment we rented. It sits in a stately, old, American Legion building along the edge of Forsyth Park. The restaurant has a decidedly soda fountain feel with World War II memorabilia…

    September 21, 2023

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    Betty Bombers, Henry James quote, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Savannha, The Bird Girl, travel
  • Vacation

    For those of you who look for my blog post on Thursdays, I’ll be on vacation until September 21. Meanwhile, here’s a favorite painting from the Denver Art Museum.

    September 7, 2023

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    Uncategorized
    Denver Art Museum, Enrique Martinez Celaya, vacation
  • A Great Lady

    All of us hope that our choices and our actions will make a little sweeter those rooms we enter, those worlds we move through, those lives we touch, those people and places we leave behind us. It is, in a way, our small gesture toward immortality, our little message to the universe. It says, “I…

    August 31, 2023

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    Inspiration, Lifestyle, Social Commentary
    ageism, Aging, aging gracefully, creativity, Gloria Vanderbilt, immortality, true beauty, women
  • I’m OK

    When admiring other people’s gardens, don’t forget to tend to your own flowers. Sanober Khan In 1967, the self-help book, I’m OK-You’re OK by Thomas A. Harris was published. In 1972, it made the New York Times Best Seller List and remained there for almost two years.The premise is that a large part of the…

    August 24, 2023

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    Inspiration, Psychology
    acceeptance, believe in yourself, empowerment, encouragement, love yourself, positive affirmation
  • Non

    Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough. Josh Billings When I saw this scarf displayed at a Dior exhibit, I couldn’t resist taking a photo. The French have elevated saying non to an art form. Just three letters, two in English.…

    August 17, 2023

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    Inspiration, Lifestyle
    assertiveness, Boundries, communication, consent, lessons, saying no
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