by Brad Graber | Apr 14, 2018 | Growing Older
Every morning at 6:00 a.m., Charlie, our miniature apricot poodle, stands up on the bed and does a brisk shake. It’s time to get up and walk the neighborhood. And even though I sometimes want to stay in bed longer, I’ve come to understand that my dog has a...
by Brad Graber | Oct 14, 2017 | Growing Older
Years ago, my mother rebuffed the news of my coming out by explaining that she couldn’t deal with it. Her exact words. “I’m too old to change.” But you’re only fifty-five? It rarely happens in life when you have extreme clarity. But at...
by Brad Graber | Oct 1, 2017 | Growing Older
The other day, I needed heartburn medication and so I went to our kitchen drawer. Food generates heartburn. There’s no sense walking to the master bath for a simple roll of Tums. The kitchen seemed a logical location. Why is the drawer full? At first, I...
by Brad Graber | Jul 2, 2017 | Growing Older
I’ve discovered a new talent. I’m able to fall asleep in public sitting straight up. That’s right. Put me in a chair, lower the lights, and I’m out, often sleeping through the first five minutes of a movie or a play. No matter how loud the volume or interested I...
by Brad Graber | Jun 3, 2017 | Growing Older
I’ve just taken an Aleve to calm the pain in my left thumb that an orthopedic surgeon pronounced as arthritis. Damn him! Okay. It happens. None of us are young forever. My Dad had the same problem with his left thumb in his mid-forties. That’s when he dropped...
by Brad Graber | May 7, 2017 | Growing Older, Whimsical Observations on Life
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I seem to always be in the supermarket. I must have better things to do with my time than wander through Safeway, Fry’s and Trader Joe’s. And yet, now, I even go to Whole Foods to take out lunch. Has grocery...
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