Old Age

In he before time I was thinking about changes that I was going through as I was getting older. To me it was very gradual – I didn’t really feel any effects of getting older until the cartilage in my left knee went away. Then I started to feel old. I couldn’t run anymore, and getting up and down stairs was no longer easy. I used to bound up and down the stairs, then the pain took over and I slowed way up.

After the knee replacement, I am pretty much back to my old ways. The replacement couldn’t have been any easier, and everything is pretty much normal. Overall, I’m not sure that I feel all that differently than when I was younger. I think that’s got to be normal, right? Since any decline is usually gradual, we don’t see how much we might have changed physically through the years. Sure, my hair is white, I need ever-thickening lenses in my glasses to see clearly, but I don’t feel like I’m old. Does everyone agree with that assessment, or am I fooling myself?

Today’s podcast concentrates on older music (I listen to the music of my youth to stay young). So on today’s podcast, we can listen to Too Much Joy, Bruce Springsteen, Thin Lizzy, Kate Bush, Siouxsie & the Banshees, New Order, the Go-Go’s, XTC, World Party, Sinead O’Connor, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Small Faces.

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