When You’ve Lost Faith in Everything but the DMV | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E19

The line wasn’t long. The secret is: Get to the DMV as early as possible. Another secret is: Move to a smaller county with a smaller DMV. After less than a 10-minute wait, Amy, the DMV worker, called me up and asked how she could help. “I need to renew my plates,” and handed her...

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How to Love Your Neighbor | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E18

A Blue Dude Living in a Red Neighborhood I live in a Red State. And in a Red County. My neighborhood is mostly Red. It’s a small neighborhood. Not very diverse unless you count the 2 white-passing women with Middle Eastern descent. I’m very fond of one of them. Thus far, I have very little...

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Developing an Attitude of Gratitude

This is a guest blog written by Rommie Oshrieh Neese. We were excited for a warm, sunny vacation. We planned the destination and time of year just right to “guarantee” a break from Kentucky’s arctic winter. Of course, we understand there are no guarantees, especially when it comes to Kentucky’s moody winter weather. Nevertheless, I found...

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Photo of Mark Neese out in nature.

How to Find Your Moral Compass | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E17

You need a map and a compass. And, you need to know where you are right now on the map. Use a compass to orient your map to the north. Line up the edge of the compass along the imaginary line to where you’re going. This gives you a bearing. If you’re in the woods,...

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A photo of a camping tent set up by a body of water with the sunset in the background.

How the Mighty Have Fallen | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E16

January 16, 1991, 4 PM EST I was sitting in my living room, watching on TV the beginning of the Gulf War. As a young teenager in the late 60s, I remember watching news clips of the Vietnam War, the death count for the day during Walter Cronkite’s Evening newscasts. But the Gulf War was...

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Sorry, Not Sorry Relationships | Healthy Aging Series: S12 E15

I was asked to do several eulogies, as a young Baptist Minister, in the one-church town of Coahoma, Texas. I was asked to say some nice things for the recently deceased that were unchurched. This was during the bust of the 1980s and the joke was, “What do you call a Geologist in Midland?” Answer:...

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