Tag Archive for: love

Aging into everyday love

The idea of love in elderhood is often a distant discussion, as though getting older means that "love" is something that becomes an abstract from the past. It is not, love is eternal and a part of the universe.

A fuller awakening

The poet Walt Whitman knew that all things were connected in a cosmic unity. As one ages the realization deepens that this unity has been there all along.

Aging into everyday love

I caution elders not to fall into the trap of seeing themselves as useless, mindless, and sexless, the triad of ageism coined by Maggie Kuhn and her Gray Panther movement.

St. Valentines Day

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February 14 is a unique day in American culture - one day a year, we are urged to love someone else besides ourselves (and to buy a card to declare our unmistakable intentions!)

Late love

Hello friends, love has stages. Early infatuation gives way to deeper affection. At the last there is fondness, which seems like a simple thing but is a total understanding of the daily bond. I try to express this in my poem "Late Love," and…