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      <title><![CDATA[Peace and Quiet, Well-Earned Luxuries of Old Age]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When I was younger, I was okay with most loud noises, at least for short periods of time. I didn't love or crave noise, but I accepted it for what came with it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should You Say 'You, Too' to an AI?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I vividly remember the first time a colleague asked for my email address – I didn't have one yet, and I wasn't alone. Email was new, and with it came a host of new issues.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lost in Translation: When Abbreviations Leave Seniors Searching for Meaning]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TYFRT (Thank You For Reading This) My 80-ish-year-old friend Marv recently received a text from his granddaughter that ended with four little letters: 'TY, LU.']]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Just Another Marker of Aging]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As I was taking my low dose, heart-protective (hopefully), aspirin dose last night, I had a flashback and remembered when today's 'low dose aspirin regimen' was called something else – 'baby aspirin!']]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[THE WORLD SERIES IS OVER – WHAT SHOULD IT TEACH OUR KIDS?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's always a letdown when the World Series ends, because it means we have to wait many long, cold months before the 'boys of spring' return to the diamond.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Heated Up About My Thermostat]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's just another sign of aging, I guess, but among all the other mysteries of modernity I can't solve, now I can't figure out how to work my thermostat.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Should Kids Learn from Pete Rose?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pete Rose died last week. Pete was one of my heroes and I mourn baseball's loss, and my personal loss.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aquariums of Aging]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We've recently traveled a bit by cruise ship, another concession to waning vim and vigor, and to sore knees and hips. Cruise ships are like aquariums of aging.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Lies We Tell Each Other as We Age]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week I ran into a former colleague with whom I worked for more than 30 years. I hadn't seen him in more than 10 years. He looked awful.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HAPPY JULY 4th! THESE ARE YOUR KIDS' 4 INDEPENDENCE DAYS]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate July 4, our nation's Independence Day, this is a good time to reflect on a different kind of 'independence day.']]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[I Turned 71 This Week. Bill Walton, NBA Legend, Died This Week. At 71.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bill Walton and I have little in common. He was an athlete's athlete. People have kindly called me a doctor's doctor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Most Interesting Lyft Ride]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It started out like any other ride-share to the airport. Steve (not his real name) picked me up on time, we exchanged confirmatory identities, and off we went.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Confessions of Regret from a 'No Regrets' Writer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I've written a book called 'No Regrets Living – Seven Keys to a Life of Wonder and Contentment' which outlines the critical steps toward living a life with fewer regrets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Magical Sounds of Baseball]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[They're back! The magical sounds heralding Spring. This past warm weekend brought out those sounds in Denver, and the kids who make those sounds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Organ Recital]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When friends of a certain age, my age, for example, get together, a novel discourse takes place. Before talking about the kids, grandkids, work or retirement...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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