by Kevin Banet | Apr 27, 2023 | History
Today we tend to think of our lives as something static, unrelated to the past or to the future. But years ago, the great orator Cicero quoted the poet Statius, “He plants his trees to serve a race to come.” Cicero goes on to say that a farmer, however old, if he were...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 20, 2023 | Reminisce
Years ago I remember my dad exclaiming, “I knew him thirty years ago.” He had been talking about an old friend he had known back home. I don’t remember the occasion for his saying this. Maybe he came across his obituary. … so much time had passed since knowing his...
by Kevin Banet | Apr 18, 2023 | History
Is it true that as a person gets older, they get interested in older things? Old buildings, old photographs, and old books? On my bookshelf is an 1899 copy of Brumbaugh’s Standard Reader. The book’s pages are yellow and the front pages are filled with the...
by Kevin Banet | Mar 25, 2023 | Senior stories
I’ll admit it – I’m jogging to avoid old age. I figure that if I can stay in shape after turning sixty, I can avoid declining health, and fight against whatever comes next. So I searched for the superman seniors that I know are out there – those odd birds in their...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 20, 2023 | Case Study
The big push for physician-assisted suicide – why it doesn’t make sense They used to call it assisted suicide. Now they’ve turned to other terms to make it sound more palatable. “Medical aid in dying,” “compassionate dying,” and “physician-assisted dying.” How could...
