Vignettes in Aging – Stats
A grim milestone was reached last Wednesday: 100,000 deaths in the United States due to the coronavirus. We knew this was coming. As of today, the number of virus-related deaths is over 105,000.
Without more drama, here is a breakdown of that number in percentages of interest to senior citizens as extrapolated from CDC data:
Percentages of Read More
Between Now and Death
There’s no escaping the inevitable, that we’re all dying from the day we are born. But in my Read More
The Value of Hospice
On a recent Sunday I heard a talk in which author/coach/lecturer/philanthropist David Ault said, “We begin hospice the Read More
R.I.P.
Every day when I begin my perusal of the New York Times, I page to the obits first, expertly Read More
Death Part 2*, or The Momentary Joy of Being Curious
I was sitting on the deck with my friend, Effie, taking in the cool beginning to what was Read More
A Fear of Death
The sunnier side of my personality and probably the private side too told me not to write Read More