While I was in Canada I received an email through our NDSU faculty list that delivered the sad news that Dr. David Berryhill had passed away over the previous weekend. I must say, I was shocked. The email offered few details and the only additional information that was readily available was a very basic death announcement in [...]
Tag: Aging
Evolution is good…
My daughter Sarah turned 30 on June 16th. There was a party to celebrate her birthday and I made a memory album that her guests could look at and sign. It took all I had to get that album done. First I got lost in reminiscing and then it was a matter of finding the [...]
There are no rewinds…
Today my oldest child turned 30. Tomorrow we will have a party to celebrate those 30 years. I decided somewhat at the last hour (as in about an actual hour ago) that it would be nice to have a memory scrapbook for the party. So that means in addition to gathering all the proper scrapbooking [...]
Don’t make me come over there in my stilettos!
I was online doing something innocuous the other day (the online equivalent of minding my own business) when I saw a little headline that said, "Women Too Old for Minis at 35, Bikinis at 47, Survey Says." Say what?? Further investigation was warranted. The article, written by Erin Donnelly, addressed a survey of 2,000 women [...]
Prima facie evidence
If you are over 40 you have probably received one of those emails that starts with - "You know you are getting older when..." - and you likely could identify with most of it. I feel your pain. I remember turntables and phones with dials. I watched the Carol Burnett show and I know who [...]
No expiration date…
Of the things that bring me joy is the notion that love knows no limitations. Case in point, Loyal and Ida Busby - age 79 and 85 respectively. They are newlyweds coming up on their first anniversary. Between them they chalked up 103 years of marriage prior to marrying each other. There is a great [...]
39 more years…
InForum had a link to a lifespan calculator today (from Northwestern Mutual) and I felt compelled to check it out. I am curious some days as to whether I will make it through the new forty. But having utilized the lifespan calculator, I will now worry less about making it through the new forty and [...]
THE NEW FORTY 