Age
October 13, 2009
- There was a time in my life, where I dreamed about being one of the youngest men to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. I am a person who does just dream but acts because you can be a dreamer all your life, but if you don’t do something with your potentials, you won’t get anywhere. I was also dreaming about experiencing how it’s like being a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature ...
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August 31, 2009
- A few weeks ago, I completed the purchase of yet another used motorcycle... at the age of 60. Yes, I am now the proud owner of an almost all-black, lovingly-tended geriatic sports bike, a Yamaha Seca 900 from 1983. In other words, my bike is older than some readers here. The first question that comes to your mind may well be WHY? Shouldn't I be tending my investments, buying comfy ...
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August 12, 2009
- Today, Gina and myself were talking about the saying, 'with age comes wisdom'. We know of people where this applies, but they are just a few. A surprising few considering the number of people I have met, let alone compared to the population of the world.This led on to a discussion about my own experiences and how age has never been consistent with what people think I should have been doing in ...
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April 30, 2009
- Time just flies, doesn´t it? This kid here used to sit on the stairs and imagine what future would be like. Would she be a great ballet dancer or a jornalist who´d travel the world, and then she would meet someone she really loved and have beautiful children? Maybe she´d be able to be all of that(of course ballet companies are full of jornalists who become mothers AND travel the world to ...
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March 5, 2009
- I sit in my office, at the east-facing window, tweezers in one hand and a mirror in the other. The perfect light for some overdue eyebrow maintenance. Bright, natural light. Forgiving, it isn’t. (And talk about hairs apparent.) After a few busy and painful moments, I finish. And then. As I lean back from the mirror, I see what I missed with just an eyebrow at a time filling the ...
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February 8, 2009
- Three young Israeli doctors-in-training (one male, two female) shared our tea time table yesterday. All are completing their senior year of medicine in Israel and, as part of their training,interning for three months at UCLA. Since everyone in Los Angeles seems to have an opinion about the pros and cons associated with the recent birth of octuplets to a single mother on disability (with six more ...
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January 11, 2009
- I only allow myself to watch television on Sundays, though I have a small color set in my office. Somehow I feel guilty if I'm not doing something else at the same time. Know what I mean? Today I'm torn between watching a movie of The Phantom of the Opera on television and answering e-mail. I must confess I'm as drawn to spectacle as much as anyone. "Genius turned to madness." My take: ...
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December 18, 2008
- I don't know about anyone else, but I'm just getting used to writing "2008" and it's almost over. How did that happen? Okay, I fell down a flight of stairs and had a concussion, and I admit that my memory is just about back to normal after four months of "What's that word that means 'looking inside yourself'?" and "What's the title of my novel?" and assorted lapses ...
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November 18, 2008
- This week, I turn the big 3-5! Whoa, I think. Just like every other birthday, I think back to all the well-meaning people who tell me that it all goes by too fast. And every time I hear or think that, I realize the well-meaning words are true. So true. Who would think I’ve been out of high school for 17 years? Or think I’ve been out of college for 13? It does go by sooo fast. It’s easy to ...
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November 6, 2008
- One of my students once said to me, "Ms. Browne, you are the youngest person I know." He was twenty at the time, and I was thirty-five. So I guess I was fairly young, but he didn't mean that kind of young. His statement actually confused me, but I took it as a compliment, because I felt it that way from him. My main mission as a teacher was to make learning as fun as ...
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