Posts Tagged ‘#aginginamerica’

Mr. Kennedy

Posted: March 21, 2025 in Opinions and Observations
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Names are a powerful key to hidden emotions. 

I have noticed as I grow older and visit government, retail or  local restaurants, many look at my credit card or info and say something like, “thank you Mr. Kennedy”.

Or, “Here you go, Mr Kennedy”.


Very few ‘public servants’ call me by my first name these days.


It would be rare for someone to call me that when I was in my twenties. Too common in my seventies!  It just feels great for a young person to call me Michael, as a friend would.
I probably visit their establishments more (like Northwood Cider Company not to mention names) than the others if you are listening………

I always say, “it is the simple things in life that are the most important”.

MIDIMIKE

Aging Observations

Posted: July 7, 2023 in family, Opinions and Observations
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I will be 70 years old later this year. Not that old but in truth, way older than I thought I would become. I am in fairly good health, with back pain like most men, but otherwise doing well.

But recently I am reminded of old movies or dramas where people are lost in the freezing cold in the middle of nowhere.

They keep walking and walking to get to a place of safety and warmth. Nothing in sight, they keep walking, knowing if they stop to rest, they will cool down dramatically. The movies warn about not moving and if you sit too long you will just fall asleep and never wake up.
A bit too dramatic, but every so often I JUST WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR A WHILE.

Knowing one day I might not ever get back up is actually a comforting thought at times. Tired all the time with so much that still needs to be done. Everything is sore. Little things are difficult now. Friends and family are farther and fewer.

One of these days or nights I will just want to sit down for a while. Close my eyes and rest for a minute or two.

MIDIMike

Simple Things

Posted: October 1, 2021 in Opinions and Observations, Poetry
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Today you managed
Tomorrow you’ll fail
Each loss another fragment forever pushed aside.
The day after becomes
A monotonous stream
Each day is just like the last just a bit more purified.

Sometimes it’s easy
Falling off a log
Then all confidence disappears and your unable to move.
I know I don’t know
Is somebody watching?
Surrounded by a quicksand of doubt and nothing to prove.

When everything disappears
Even sacred memories hide underground.
Lost, frozen in a searing panic
Where Simple Things can’t be found.

This is the last time
As much as the first
Open or close your eyes but the vision is the same.
It’s only in my head
It’s only in my head
I love you like a brother but won’t remember your name.

When everything disappears
Even sacred memories hide underground.
Lost, frozen in a searing panic
Where Simple Things can’t be found.