Our beloved, next-apartment neighbor – who figures prominently in Thinner This Year as a living example of the importance of the limbic life, even deep in your 80’s – lost her “new” husband a few weeks ago. Awful damned...
Going to Hell in December
DECEMBER IS TOUGH for people trying to stay in decent shape. The weather is nasty…cold, wet and unwelcoming. The nights are sprinkled with parties and opportunities to eat and drink too much and the days are apt to be...
EQUIPMENT: THE BIKE FOR YOUR ETERNITY
A close friend turned 60 the other night and got an superb bike from an inventor/bike maker friend (see photo). My pal had previously given the inventor a walker, painted in British racing green, with serious attachments. The Birthday...
“LAUNCH-INTO-80!” … THE PARTY!
Turned 80 last week. Extremely odd. Not creepy, exactly, but damned odd. I couldn’t believe it had anything to do with me, but, um, it did. Then everything got real easy… JOYOUS in fact. Because two old pals threw...
BIG WEEK COMING DOWN…BIG LIFE
It’s Sunday in the hills, and we’re getting ready for a huge week. On Tuesday, I turn 80! (Eek). On Thursday, old pals are throwing us a huge, black-tie dinner at an elegant club in New York… 130...
“I DON’T FEEL GOOD”
It is not easy to work out, six days a week, for the rest of your life. And one of the things that makes it hard is waking up and saying to yourself, “I don’t feel good.” And deciding...
