KENNETH LETTERMAN
These days as I cope with a condition I have sorrowfully come to realize is one from which I shall never recover – I am referring to old age, which I don’t recommend (though I …
These days as I cope with a condition I have sorrowfully come to realize is one from which I shall never recover – I am referring to old age, which I don’t recommend (though I …
The blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up. — Matthew, 11:5 Death is no more than passing from one room into …
“I should not really object to dying were it not followed by death.” — D. J. Enright or perhaps Julian Barnes, or was it Thomas Nagel? Possibly all three. “Dying is hard; death is easy.” …
A funny thing happened to me on the road toward death. I got sidetracked and wound up taking a detour. These days, it seems, I am being courted, and my life, at least my professional …
This will be embarrassing, but at least it will be short. The ancient Greeks looked down on anyone who was guilty of false modesty; they felt that if you were a superior person, you …
Philip Roth, who wrote so fiercely about the torments of aging and the calamity of approaching death, died a few months ago. In the end it was congestive heart failure that brought his long life …
Dr. Ring enjoys hearing from his readers. If you have comments about his blog posts, please send them to theuniversityofheaven@gmail.com . ************* What is the bane of an old man’s life? That’s obvious. Naturally, it is the …
Dr. Ring enjoys hearing from his readers. If you have comments about his blog posts, please send them to theuniversityofheaven@gmail.com . *************** Nature has symbols for her nobler joys, Her nobler sorrows. Who had dared foretell …
Of course, when you’re in that in-between zone – what the Tibetans call a “bardo” – after your life is over but before you’ve died, you have plenty of time to think – to ruminate …
The bright realization that must come before death will be worth all the boredom of living. Ned Rorem What’s it like, waiting to die? Of course, it’s different for everyone. I can only say what it’s like …