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Aging

Old as the Hills

June 24, 2022 Christopher Burke Civil liberties, Democracy, Health, Human Rights One comment

Age is a moveable number determined by our internal joie de vivre quotient, or so we are often told. According to this premise, we are just as old as we feel. Our true age may be 75 or 85, but we might still prefer to be 50 or 60 in our mind’s eye.

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If 60 is the new 40, then I’m about to be 50

January 27, 2020 Christopher Burke People, Uncategorized 2 comments

In real life, I’m about to turn 70, or someone who looks a lot like me in the mirror in the morning is about

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On my mother’s 100th birthday: The story continues

November 13, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Health, Humor, Ideas, Uncategorized, Women Leave a comment

  This is not a political post. Today’s the day that I stop thinking politically for just a little while and think historically and

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