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A Never-ending story.....
As we get to know each other and are in the rosy glow of lust, we nod and agree and quote beautiful platitudes about the wonder of change. A

Deborah Hansen
Oct 13, 20193 min read


Rated X.....
I have come to accept that unless a couple truly yearns for children, forced monogamy with legal approval is irresponsible and unrealistic.

Deborah Hansen
Aug 16, 20193 min read


You know what?
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Sounds good, right? After all, who can argue with knowledge?
Whoa! Let's back that wise old truck up just a sec an

Deborah Hansen
Aug 3, 20192 min read


The Afternoon Knows.......
Aging in today’s world is a cruel irony in that in the afternoon of our lives we know so much more…. as our bodies crumble around us. No won

Deborah Hansen
Jul 7, 20192 min read


Men and women of a certain age.....
Women of “a certain age” are at a disadvantage when circling the dating pool of available men.
Men our age aren’t interested in us old lad

Deborah Hansen
Jun 29, 20191 min read


Follow the Yellow Brick Road.....
Like I’m somehow to blame for the fact that life just sucks sometimes and we get caught up in the mess and have to deal with it. Walking int

Deborah Hansen
Jun 26, 20192 min read


Seven Decades.....
I wanted a relationship, but he just needed a place to live.

Deborah Hansen
Jun 25, 20192 min read


Surprises......
As I have marched along my personal timeline of aging, not much jumps out and surprises me anymore, though. That can be a good thing on mos

Deborah Hansen
Jan 24, 20193 min read


A work of art......
As I contemplate another 10 years of all this fun, I have a few random thoughts, things I have learned by screwing things up or ignoring the

Deborah Hansen
Dec 29, 20183 min read


Just another day in the neighborhood.....
Community means being connected to others, either by living next door or down the street, or simply through our humanity.

Deborah Hansen
Aug 27, 20183 min read


Because Scarlett said so.....
When life seems dismal, we have to know that things will get better…… because they always do. Scarlett said so.

Deborah Hansen
Apr 19, 20183 min read


The Ball with edges……
Conversation doesn’t have to be a mystery. It simply involves showing a little interest in the person on the other side of the net, even if

Deborah Hansen
Mar 28, 20184 min read


Cosmic comics.....
Aging does not have to mean OLD.

Deborah Hansen
Mar 13, 20182 min read


HARMONY......
I kicked HARMONY to the curb!

Deborah Hansen
Feb 12, 20183 min read


Decisions, decisions.....
Learning from our mistakes--our YOUNGER mistakes--does have an upside.

Deborah Hansen
Feb 5, 20182 min read


Two of us together.....
My adult daughter had a birthday yesterday, and I am again reminded that the ties may bind at times, but they never break.

Deborah Hansen
Jan 24, 20181 min read


Irreverent but not irrelevant, please....
Western society isn’t kind to the aging population. And I fear being disregarded in spite of the knowledge I’ve acquired over my six decades

Deborah Hansen
Jan 18, 20182 min read


Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho, it’s off to work I go. Oh, wait…..
Retirement provides us more options and a wider view than our parents knew or perhaps even wanted. Their perspective seemed to focus on sitt

Deborah Hansen
Jan 12, 20182 min read


Jagged edges.....
Why are older people so grumpy all the time? Here's the answer.

Deborah Hansen
Jan 8, 20181 min read


Aged to Perfection: aspirations, not resolutions.....
What questions will YOU ask in 2018? No resolutions, just private aspirations to be embraced.... Visualization works for me; I picture...

Deborah Hansen
Jan 1, 20182 min read
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