Lives on Earth

aging

  • The Family Dog Grows Old

    Good health in an eleven-year old Golden Retriever is, I’m told, a blessing. It certainly seems so. Ginger hasn’t had any observable cancer. She is always up for a walk. And she eats well, from a menu that includes bites… Continue reading

  • Seasons and Heartbeats

    Age: 68. These days the seasons are less like a perfume to me and more like a clock. When I was young, autumns were my favorite season—painfully romantic, full of the future, life-enhancing and lonely at the same time. The… Continue reading

    Seasons and Heartbeats

  • “Getting Dead”

    As living creatures, it seems obvious to us that death is what happens when a living creature or plant looses the ability to manage the daily or yearly cycles of feeding itself, coping with the cycles of the environment, and… Continue reading