Ageless in Spirit: Discussions and interests for our times

 September 21, 2021 Our lives have changed! December 31, 2019 reports from Wuhan, China heralded COVID-19. So one and three quarter years later we continue to live in this changed world in which infections continue to seriously disable and kill us. So mask wearing, vaccine prevention, and avoiding crowds and enclosed spaces with many people remain. Daily reminders of the danger of the virus abound. Ruth, my sister living in assisted living environment and vaccinated, was in the hospital for COVID for over one week near death, on oxygen. Luckily she rallied and now is back in her safe assisted living complex. We noticed paint peeling from our home and contacted our handiman  who was ready to start but he was not vaccinated. He was not objecting to the vaccine but this was low on his priority list. Rebecca contacted him and was ready to assist him in getting his vaccine if he permitted but he told her he had his first shot a few days before so he is now on the second week of rep...

 September 2, 2021 A good friend called last week. She was on the Island of Hawai'i at her hotel when a visitor remarked that she was leaning to one side and when she stood up she continued to lean to this side. She was unaware of the odd stance but wound up in an ambulance to the local hospital in Waimea, air evacuated to Queen's Hospital and had a subdural hematoma evacuated with her being home again in Honokaa three days later seemingly no worse for wear -amazing! We discussed the inadequate health care system on the island and her interest that day in moving back to Oahu. She is coping with being the caregiver to my friend who is now impaired with cognitive decline while she is handicapped with congestive heart condition. After our discussion of the decline of the hotel business and her decision not to rent to people who are not vaccinated or have young children we commiserate with each other on the state of our countries disunion.   About this time, my friend who has...