by Barry Phegan | Jun 13, 2021 | Aging, Living Life
When I started this blogsite in May, 2019, I falsely imagined I was relatively baggage-free. These writings, and my failed efforts at finding a new life partner, pulled back the curtain. It’s not just baggage. I’m loaded with steamer trunks. One...
by Barry Phegan | Apr 2, 2021 | Aging, Living Life
As Covid-19 vaccinations spread, we are each enjoying tentative moves back to normal — and necessary — ordinary relationships. Here are two recent stories from my family. Most weekends I’ll visit my nearby daughter and her family. Now that we’ve all had our...
by Barry Phegan | Mar 21, 2021 | Aging, Living Life
In these Over 70 years, I cherish doing things that make me feel good — simple enjoyment. High on my feel-good list is the intimacy created by openness, closeness, and being vulnerable. Mostly this intimacy is with family and friends through more honest...
by Barry Phegan | Dec 2, 2020 | Aging, Living Life
A friend invited me to join an online Zoom panel titled, “My Philosophy”. I demurred because I wasn’t sure I had a philosophy (of life). It turns out that I do. It’s a set of beliefs about what is a Person, and some insights I have on one particular person,...
by Barry Phegan | Nov 16, 2020 | Living Life, Social comment
MONDAY — Each Monday morning my neighbor leaves his Sunday New York Times paper on my doorstep. The October 31st Magazine section had an article about the current president’s four-year trail of destruction; to individuals, our nation, and the world. Skimming...
by Barry Phegan | Jul 15, 2020 | Living Life, Social comment
Many of us are doing deep soul searching in the wake of graphic police brutality and the systemic racism that spawned it. It’s the latest step along the way of 100,000 years of man’s brutality against those who are, “Not my tribe.” Tribalism and its close...
