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 …
Category: Aging
THE BODY IS A SOMETIMES THING by Dr. Kenneth Ring
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 …
NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
“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.” …
DETOURONOMY by Dr. Kenneth Ring
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 …
CHEERS AT THE HALF with DR. KENNETH RING
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 …
WHAT HATH ROTH WROUGHT? by Kenneth Ring
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 …
GOODBYE TO ALL THAT
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. Kenneth Ring: Laughing at Death
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 …
The Great Debate: Is Death a Dead End? The Case for the Prosecution
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 …
Waiting To Die, Essay One
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 …