If I have the great fortune to have half of Dorothy's wisdom, health and smarts, this may turn out to be the most rewarding chapter of a busy lifetime - when I come more firmly and confidently into my own personhood even as my outward horizons inevitably shrink.
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Keeping Bull Brook Keep
This is a hero story. At an age when, frankly, most of us are slowing down both our bodies and our commitments, my friend Sylvia Burgos Toftness has launched a new and ambitious venture.
Read MoreTraveling in the Wake of War
If he was still here, I'd thank my dad again today for faithfully charging into battle at such a tender age, as I thank all the young men and women who have followed suit. But I wish, with all my heart that as a nation and a species, we could find a way to render the sacrifice unnecessary. My sons' country has been at war for more than half their lives, no end in sight, no obvious victory or relief.
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