Tag: aging
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Idle thoughts That go in one ear and never come out.
Idle thoughts That go in one ear and never come out. Ed Decker Went to see my Cardiologist yesterday. He said I was in very bad shape. I told him I was as healthy as a horse. He nodded and said that it had to be a really old one that pulled a few too…
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When You’re Smiling
One of my sons called last night to tell me that the steelhead run is the best in over 30 years, and we should go out my favorite hole and pick up a few But my mind didn’t focus on the great fishing I have experienced in years past, but on the long climb down…
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Sorry, Waldo
Forget Waldo! Where is Ed Decker? Sorry, Waldo, but I have enough trouble trying to keep up with my own location. Driving back to Redmond from Issaquah the other day on the East Sammamish Parkway, my mind drifted for a second as I enjoyed the lake view for a second or two. For another second…
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Getting Old isn’t for Sissies!
I was at the market the other day and was peering into my I-phone trying to see what was next on my list when a young man chuckled as he walked by me said, “Getting old must really suck.” He was already down the aisle before I could get my cane out and whack him…
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My Tweeter Won’t Tweet
[This went viral on the Internet when I wrote it some years ago. I even had it sent to me by some folks with other names as author. I gotta laugh at my great internet success] Things are spiraling out of control. I think I have become lost in a world of electronic madness. I…
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All My Kids are Middle-Aged
I was sitting with a friend at a local Starbucks. Our table was situated so that I was facing the counter and as I idly watched a young woman ordering a latte’ she asked, “Where are the napkins?” Without looking up, he said, “Over behind the old guys.” She nodded and walked directly behind us,…
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