Category Archives: Aging

Aging and caring for the aging

Slip Sliding Away

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Doc Arnett

If we’re going to let a Paul Simon song describe an afternoon climbing around the bluffs, we might want to be cautious in selecting a particular title. Continue reading →

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Walking through Life’s Places

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Doc Arnett

How long we’ve lived in any particular place probably isn’t nearly as important as how we’ve lived there… Continue reading →

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Convision Experience

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Doc Arnett

Realizing you need help can come easy or hard, simple or painful. When the same becomes scarier than the change… you’re probably ready. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Humor, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged conversion, getting older, glasses, humbling, humility, mortality, reading glasses, realization, vision | 1 Comment

Training Time

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Seeing the challenges and frustrations in our lives as training for greater spirituality doesn’t make them fun; it can help us appreciate them more. Continue reading →

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The Noise of Hope

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Doc Arnett

While I certainly believe there should be a sense of reverence, a church doesn’t have to sound like a funeral home. Continue reading →

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Hiking in the Dark

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Doc Arnett

When fatigue tugs at our limbs and exhaustion etches into our joints, he who has shaped our path will still give us strength. Continue reading →

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Indian Summer

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Doc Arnett

One way of feeling more grown up is doing the work of grown-ups. Funny how the privileges are more appealing than the responsibilities, eh? Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation, Work | Tagged adolescence, ear corn, growing up, harvest, Indian summer, maturity, old days, rite of passage, shoveling corn, work | Comments Off

Watching Death

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Among the things that I admire is the devotion of women and men to one another in those final hours. Continue reading →

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Marking the Passing

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Among the things I’d planned for my Fourth of July, helping with Wilberta “Billie” Jane Kelly’s funeral wasn’t one of them. It was an honor that my plans got changed! Continue reading →

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Of Paradox and Pleasure

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Isn’t it amazing how something that happened years ago seems like yesterday and something last week seems years ago already? Continue reading →

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