This is an autobiographical note. It occurred to me to email friends and suggest that they pick up on my blog, starting with this. <\/p>\n
I\u2019m having having cataracts removed and lens replaced! This used to be a grueling procedure, having to lay still face down for days, maybe over a week at a time\u2014that what they tell me. Now it\u2019s a snap, a few hours in outpatient surgery, a few follow up visits with a charming ophthalmologist-surgeon. Meds several times a day. That\u2019s taking up some of the springtime. I\u2019ll need reading glasses, but not at all as strong. Talking to friends, I have come to realize it\u2019s sort of a rite of passage for elders. At the end you see more clearly. This does not necessarily apply to spiritual insight, but I take it thus. At least for me, I have been something between hunkering down in my groove and focusing more. Works for me. <\/p>\n
My life meanwhile is pleasantly varied: Square dancing, singing in the community chorus, some round dancing and ballroom dancing, preparing for and delivering classes at my lifelong learning program, walking around the block, life maintenance (many roles), keeping up with friends and family, etc. Some visits with daughter for her birthday, and granddaughters to see what they\u2019re up to. <\/p>\n
Then there\u2019s the challenge of divesting. That word speaks to clutter, interests waning, difficulty letting go. I\u2019ve decided there\u2019s a complex for elders that has to do with minor hoarding\u2014the \u201cGollum\u201d complex. (My, there are many entries about the \u201cgollum complex\u201d on the internet!) (It\u2019s elsewhere on my blog.) Interests in getting stuff balance out with need to simplify and de-clutter. It\u2019s not easy because there\u2019s all these things that I use for teaching. But too much is too much.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m in a new role of teaching medical students again, and Allee helps. (Hey, she does a lot of the work!) I\u2019ve become an clinical associate professor at a new medical school branch that\u2019s opened up not too far away\u2014Texas A&M Medical Health Sciences Center in Round Rock, one town southeast of Georgetown. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile our grandkids are having adventures. One granddaughter is assisting in a special ed classroom while the other is playing a part in a community theatre production. One grandson is active with computer games while another plays baseball. Growing up, I think they call it. <\/p>\n
Being happy together is fun. Savoring love and affection with Allee. Small things. Appreciating Springtime weather. <\/p>\n
Supporting friends as they go through health problems, knowing that may apply to us. Supporting Allee\u2019s mom at 99 going on 100 as she gets an award for her poetry. <\/p>\n
I realize that this blog is a vehicle for my thinking \u201cout loud\u201d about life, being a \u201ccon-tem\u2019-pla-teur\u201d (as I call it), one who contemplates. What\u2019s it all about? We read books together, and separately; go to the library. But of course, even though we don\u2019t by any but the most inexpensive books, still that fills the house. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, I\u2019m working on a fair number of unfinished books, which I\u2019ll probably self-publish so that they\u2019re affordable. Well that\u2019s enough for now. Email me about whassup with you! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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