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July 2, 2025

Writing Down Thoughts on Aging

Writing down thoughts on aging helps us understand life and our place in it. In ...

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man journaling at his desk. Image by Monkey Business Images. The benefits of journaling apply to people of all ages. Former teacher Donna Brody offers benefits and guidelines for keeping a journal.
October 8, 2025

Tracking Life and the Sacred Ordinary

His words are relatable and moving: his fall, downsizing and moving to a senior community, ...

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A man sitting on a park bench tracking life in his journal. Image by Konstantin Shishkin
July 22, 2025

Yes, We Still Matter: Ayla, Buddha and Me

“I’m trying – struggling – to make sense out of aging, as I’m experiencing it,” ...

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We still matter as we age: an elderly man writes in his journal. Image by Konstantin Shishkin
August 24, 2022

Musings on Afterlife, Science and His Wife’s Death

Columnist Robert C. Koehler ponders a panel discussion on consciousness and the afterlife and recalls ...

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Grave of the Painter Therese Van Duyl-Schwartze at the Nieuwe Ooster at Amsterdam the Netherlands 2020. By Robert Van ‘t Hoenderdaal, Dreamstime. Columnist Robert C. Koehler ponders a panel discussion on consciousness and the afterlife, and recalls his wife’s death, 22 years earlier.
October 31, 2025

Packing Up Memories

As he packed up his house in preparation for downsizing and his move to a ...

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Senior man: Reading old papers while packing up memories. Yuri Arcurs
October 13, 2025

Poetry and Pepto-Bismol: Memories

Memories long ago, of poetry and Pepto-Bismol, of raising his daughter as, suddenly, a single ...

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A bathroom sink with pink flowers. A representation of Poetry and Pepto-Bismol. Image AI
August 22, 2025

Manage the Looming Unknown with Death Humor

Death Humor “helps us share this looming reality (or end of reality) with others,” writes ...

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Eggs with expressions painted on them, as one is getting chosen to get cracked and used. Example of death humor. By Tomozina1
July 14, 2025

On Aging: Purpose and Belonging

When the challenges of aging sunk Robert Koehler into “a state of uselessness,” he pulled ...

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A sad man looks out the window: on aging, purpose and belonging
June 17, 2025

‘Do You Believe in Them Yet?’

This story of grief, the loss of a spouse, lingers 27 years later, bookended by ...

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grieving loved ones hold roses in a cemetery. Used with Robert Koehler essay, “Do you believe in them yet?” Image by Arne9001
June 6, 2025

‘This Old House’: Poignant Memories and Hesitant Plans

Columnist Robert C. Koehler reflects on his house – his home – which he has ...

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A man sits pensively in his old house, lost in memories. By Monkey Business Images