Category Archives: Aging

Aging and caring for the aging

Fashion Statement

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The last time I shaved my chin
was for my mother’s eightieth birthday; Continue reading →

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A Passing in the Night

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A dusting of snow
glows on the grass
beneath the light
mounted on the pole
in the neighbor’s yard. Continue reading →

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Awards Shows

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I shudder, and refuse to even try to imagine, what will make the current fans of hip-hop and rap shudder when their grandkids crank up whatever device blasts their preferences into the fractured ears of their elders. Continue reading →

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Compromise

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Doc Arnett

At ninety,
when his kidneys began to fail,
he decided he was tired of the fighting,
tired of the tooth and nail,
tired of what it takes
to hold on to this world. Continue reading →

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Feeding in the Fog

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It is good to know the sight of home,
good to keep its glowing firmly in heart Continue reading →

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The Sum of Years

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

In the long hours of darkness,
when the tender tends to harden in me,
I find myself closing off the path to closeness,
consoling myself with the ghosts of loneliness. Continue reading →

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Some Mighty Fine Leftovers

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I am standing at the edge
of my neighbors’ field,
looking west at the colored ending
of the last Lord’s Day in November,
eating the last piece of apple pie. Continue reading →

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End of Harvest

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Well, I guess with the way this year has gone, I shouldn’t be too shocked to see a hard freeze predicted for this weekend, starting tonight.

Continue reading →

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Cider Makin’ at the Old Folks’ Home

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Doc Arnett

It was a fine day for cider-making at the residential care facility, cloudy but warm with the full color of fall showing in the trees. Continue reading →

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An Appreciation

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes in the shadows of an open door,
we see something that we have never seen before,
or have seen a thousand times
and never noticed. Continue reading →

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