Tag: old
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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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Like Fine Wine
Another Day Older Ed Decker You know you are getting older when your wife leaves for a week but arranged for the neighbors to check up on you every day. Right now, I am unsupervised for 9 days. Kind of makes me jittery, but I am in complete control. I am not sure why, but…
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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…
