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The Legend of Licentia and Lucifer | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. The Legend of Licentia and Lucifer. August 11, 2015. Ladylike little Licentia loved her live-in lothario, lean, lanky Lucifer. Licentia and Lucifer were likely looking lovers, lacking only a legally licit license to live as one in lewd, licentious Laramie, Louisiana. Lewd, licentious Laramie, Louisiana liked this not, and licensed lowlife (but likeable) lawyer Lloyd to lasso Lucifer, and to legalize Licentia’s lonely longings. The Wedding ...
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June | 2015 | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. Early Retirement – Day One. June 25, 2015. June 25, 2015. My husband retired from Bonneville Power Administration in early January, 1972, while we were living in Stevenson, Washington. Thirty years of service with various U.S. Government agencies, including 6 years of U.S. Navy service paid off, and his often repeated quote, Any time I can get paid to stay home, I’m ready resulted in our freedom with a reduced annuity. Driving down Interst...
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April | 2015 | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. April 27, 2015. Potlucks, Family Reunions, Backyard BBQs, Covered-Dish Church Suppers, whatever you call them, any large gathering of hungry people bearing donations of prepared food is going to be well attended. There’s something about an array of covered dishes that’s just plain irresistible. From the aromas to the anticipation when lids are lifted and foil is folded back, we’re all eager for the feast to begin. The only thing worse woul...
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Subbing for the Servers | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. Subbing for the Servers. August 4, 2015. One of the neatest things about living in my retirement complex is the large, open dining room where cheerful, well trained young servers wait on us. Unfortunately, the place was in an uproar the other night; more than half of the servers were no-shows for various reasons and our chef was going slightly nuts trying to cope. One old crab, you’d know who if I were mentioning names, which I’m not becau...
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About WILBOLD | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. Aging has already been introduced. Hope you like my stories. 4 thoughts on “ About WILBOLD. April 4, 2015 at 8:58 pm. Love to hear more of your stories. April 6, 2015 at 8:29 pm. Glad to have a place to “hear” more of your stories, Aunt Joan! April 9, 2015 at 4:41 am. Your stories are soOo entertaining! I’ve lived some with you, have experienced my own, and enjoy walking on your path! All I can say is, Encore! May 10, 2015 at 8:53 am.
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Memoir or Autobiography? | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. July 14, 2015. What narcissistic urge would compel anyone to write an autobiography? A memoir, yes. Memoirs can be light, entertaining, thought-provoking, rabble-rousing, titillating, (insert your own adjective here) but most of all they’re mercifully brief. Memoirs can be read and enjoyed by almost anyone, partly because they don’t go on forever. But an autobiography? Page after page of ego. Be original, don’t copy everyone else. Don’...
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Senescence | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. July 20, 2015. Senescence n. the state of being old. Senescent adj. the process of becoming old. However, it’s a fun, interesting word to throw around in casual conversation; over coffee with friends: My senescence is really bothering me today, as you cough and maybe fake a slight limp. Or during a phone conversation with your sister: I had a terrible attack of senescence last night, couldn’t sleep a wink. Isn’t there anything you can do?
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May | 2015 | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. Words: Meaningful or Meaningless. May 25, 2015. June 3, 2015. One drawback to our acceptance of the aging process seems to be the amount of time we can waste day-dreaming. I can fritter away hours just thinking about nothing. The word whippersnapper popped into my idle mind the other day and it won’t leave until it gets the explanation it is demanding from me. What is this word? Why does it exist? Where did it come from? And there it was!
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Joan Stratford | Why I Love Being Old
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Why I Love Being Old. WILBOLD: Hard-to-Believe Tales about Aging. Auntie Jo Gets Into Costume. October 30, 2016. Auntie Jo loves Halloween, especially Trick-or-Treating. Having been a rather timid child, believe it or not, she’d never had a chance to go Trick-or-Treating. In those days no one went out on Halloween except the big bad boys with bars of soap in their pockets, threatening to smear windows unless they were bribed with homemade doughnuts and popcorn balls. No sooner thought of than she was off...