Tag: Loneliness

Today’s Lesson

Posted on April 7, 2022 by

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Loneliness and social isolation are the new shiny objects in the field of aging. Or that’s what I thought before this morning’s lecture at a local aging symposium. My dismissiveness came out of my disdain for anything that portrays older people as pitiable people.… Continue Reading “Today’s Lesson”

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The Man at the Boat Launch

Posted on August 12, 2018 by

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He drove up just as we were starting lunch at the picnic table under the trees at the boat launch. A black Dodge Ram truck with a squat camper like all the autoworkers used to have in Flint, pulling a flat bed trailer with… Continue Reading “The Man at the Boat Launch”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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