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Blog postFor us Biddies and Geezers the time has come to realize we ain’t in the summer of our lives any more. But it ain’t winter yet. Sure, there are lots of things we just can not do anymore, or should not do. But this time of our lives was made by God for some very special activities that can only be done in Our Autumn Years.
Take a clue from the leaves of the trees. In the summer they are green and very busy. The leaves produce food for the trees by converting the energy in -
Blog postOw! Ow! Ow!
I just hit a brick wall.
These days seniors like us hit many brick walls Some because of health and age issues. Some because of financial problems. The wall I hit was about a relationship.
In my 80+ years of life I have learned much about getting through tough spots. Persistence and prayer usually work. But a brick wall? Butting my head against a brick wall can just get me hurt … not through it. If I keep trying I just get angry and bitter. Not good. I wan -
Blog postRats! It’s 2 am and I am wide awake. Again! Oh, I went to bed at 10 pm. Tossed around. Dozed and got up a few times to pee. And now I’m wide awake writing this bit of unwisdom to you, my dear reader.
The day they taught “How to Get to Sleep” at Pandeez school, (I’m a Pandeez, by the way,) I played hooky and was on a date with my friend Myrtle. But that’s for another story. I was wide-awake all that night.
And now I’m Sleepless in Quincy. Like Sleepless in Seattl -
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Blog post#3 Have Faith
The expression “Sometimes Shit Happens” is true for me today as I write this tip to you on how having faith will tune into God’s program of living well. So I must take my own medicine.
What happened? Doesn’t matter. But it was a strong emotional blow to me with no immediate indication of how I would get through it. It is time for immediate First Aid. My First Aid is to have faith that God loves me and will get me through my trauma and back to Living Well.
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Blog postDo Good! That is the most powerful tip for living well. The Universe is wired to shower rewards on you if you do something good for another person … or animal.
Giving money to a charity is nice but not the best way to reap the reward of a blessed life. You, personally doing the good deed is what God loves … and rewards.
Dark anger roils through much of the world today. Anger flows through many people. But if you are alert you will see opportunities for yourself to provide some -
Blog postWant to get well? I do. And I have found that the #1 priority to my living well is for me to forgive others. I must forgive people who have hurt me in the past and people who are hurting me now!
I live well not because I “earned it,” but because I accept my wellness as a free blessing from God. But there is one condition. Just as God has forgiven me for my offences against Him, I must forgive every person who has hurt me or is hurting me now. Unconditionally.
Not for any -
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Blog postAgain … I’m writing this post from my friend Pam’s apartment. in Providence , Rhode Island. The Big Little. It’s 3 am and I’m having breakfast. An omelet left over from yesterday, reheated in the microwave. OMG it’s fabulous.
Some of you may never had an omelet so great it was still scrumptious heated over the next day.
So … when I realized that … I realized that the LIFE of a person is like an omelet.
Really? Sure! First th -
Blog postIt is healthy for Biddies and Geezers like us to … once in a while … get out of our usual surroundings and get some “new” experiences. Gives us “New Life.” As I write this I’m visiting my Biddie friend (let’s call her) Pam in Providences, Rhode Island.
It’s early in the morning and I am up with a cuppa coffee. Pam is still abed and won’t be up until about 10 am. So I have time to contemplate some of the mysteries of life.
I slept on a futon in the living room an -
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Blog postA Geezer named Doug from old Quincy
Typed a meme to a Biddie named Julie.
With the kiss he put on it
And she got in Tucson, it
Just made her day oh so smiley!
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Blog postThere’s darkness in this world.
It is not silent,
Not without feelings,
Of Rage and Fear.
It is not a void
But is a globby smear,
That sticks on the skins of souls ,
With an itch they cannot scratch away,
In the darkness.
They need a light.
A single candle will do.
Can you be that candle?
A light of Hope?
A glow of love
With the warm whisper of
Forgiveness?
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Iggy the Elf and the Islands (Short Story Book 2)
Feb 14, 2014
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Doug Olsen
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The Purple Dory Dilemma: A Cozy Short New England Mystery (The Nelson Mysteries Book 4)
Aug 11, 2015
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A New Future: Changing Who Became President
Jan 22, 2019
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DOUG OLSEN
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