Tag: Birthdays

• The best in life is yet to be: an essay on healthy mortality

  Another birthday has come and gone. Since this one did not end in a zero, it did not deserve particular attention. But since I am in my sixties now, most of my life is firmly in the past. I’ll be fortunate if only two-thirds of it is in my past. Aside from a nice dinner […]

  Mark

  February 4, 2019

  Life 2019, Philosophy

  Aging, Albert Einstein, Birthdays, Death, Dying, Retirement, Space-Time

• The View at 54

  Today happens to be my birthday, my 54th birthday in fact. I tend to largely ignore my birthdays and this one in particular is not noteworthy. There were a couple of birthday cards on the breakfast table, and my friends on Facebook have been offering felicitations, since now they know these little secrets. If you […]

  Mark

  February 1, 2011

  Life 2011

  Aging, Birthdays