GUEST WRITER – Hazel Bridges Most of the habits holding us back after 60 aren’t dramatic. There’s no single moment of reckoning, no obvious turning point. It’s more of a slow drift — small patterns that settle in so gradually you barely notice them until one day life feels a little less full than it … Read more
Guest Writer Note to Aging_with_Pizzazz readers: Author, Engineer, Investor, Climber, Darrow Kirkpatrick returns with an inspiring new book Two Sticks, One Path. See info at bottom of post. — Recently I had the misfortune to spend an extended period of time on crutches. On the positive side, using crutches kept me mobile and fit, it … Read more
GUEST WRITER – Hazel Bridges It’s no secret that aging can be a challenging and overwhelming experience. I’m not yet in the advanced senior category, but already starting to understand the next life stage. As we grow older, our bodies change and we often find it harder to do things we once nonchalantly took for … Read more
GUEST WRITER Too good to be true. We have all heard this old phrase. Sadly, we don’t always heed its warning. The world has become super competitive and very connected. Many people have also become very greedy, and an ‘honest day’s work’ does not seem to be a valued principle any longer. The get-rich schemes … Read more
Wait, what?! Another Vitamin K? What is that? We all know about Vitamin K – the coagulant vitamin. If you have too little, you can bleed to death from a minor injury. If you have too much, doctors put you on blood thinners and we cross our fingers, hoping that clots don’t form in your … Read more
Introduction (drb) In medical school, one thing you learn is that patients are ‘entitled’ to more than one problem. In this time of Covid, when the virus monopolizes the news, we may forget other health concerns remain with us. People still suffer from various conditions; we still need the dentist, or ophthalmologist. We may find … Read more