Getting Old

The inevitability of growing old isn’t a constant thought – I still feel the same way I did when I was eleven years old – I’m not so sure that’s good, but just the way it is. I usually see it in others, though, and now I’m experiencing it with my dog. Fiona the Siberian Husky will be 13 in May and she has slowed down. Her hips are arthritic, so getting up and laying down have become chores for her. She tore an ACL last year and doesn’t go up and down stairs anymore. She even cut her walk short this morning – we had gotten up to 2 miles of walk in the morning, and did it twice yesterday – but not today.

Still, there are times, especially early in the walks, where she is as energetic and playful as she was as a puppy, and still acts like a puppy around people (they always seem surprised to hear how old she is). Still, time marches on for her – and for me as well. For I am not 11 anymore – I am 55 years old. Not at the “You kids get off my lawn” stage, but closing in on it.

Today’s podcast definitely takes a look back – we start in the 1970’s with Cheap Trick, ELO, Crazy Joe and the Variable Speed Band and Lighthouse . Then we hit the 1960’s with the Bee Gees, the Blues Project, Paul Revere and the Raiders and the Valentinos. Next up is Texas, the Mighty Lemon Drops, the Soft Boys, Divine Comedy, Sharon Van Etten, John Hiatt, Ambrosia, and end with Jefferson Airplane.

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