Mental Health
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76
Sunday, December 8, 2024, the age meter will advance one more year to 76. Yay, I made it. “He who hesitates is a damned fool.” ― Mae West I don’t know why I keep trying to hide the fact that I… Continue reading
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75, a Lifetime of Experience, and a College Degree: What’s Next?
Reflecting on my life journey, I have concluded that achieving your dreams is possible at any age. It took me nearly fifty-eight years from my high school graduation in 1966 to graduate from college this past May with a BA… Continue reading
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A Distraction at 57th and Fifth Avenue
Encore: The following is an updated narrative poem from Medium Joe Vega is a lost young man who cannot find his memory, the light in his eyes, or the sounds of his past. There is no way back and no… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the last products of free writing exercises I like to call “Exercising those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theater 389 Playwriting class this Fall 2023 semester. We were given various prompts and then… Continue reading
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Being 75: The Bucket List
December 8, 1948-2023 The day of 75 has arrived, and damn it, nothing happened. I didn’t emerge from a time machine so I could change all the dumb sh*t I’ve done in my life. Nope, I guess I will have… Continue reading
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Becoming 75: Part Three 1999-2023
On December 8, 2023, I will become 75 years (despite every effort in my life not to make that happen). I’m not going to lie. The last twenty-five years were probably crazier than the fifty years before them. Aside from… Continue reading