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Why Old People Are Mean: Essays on Aging Retirement and Lif

Why Old People Are Mean: Essays on Aging Retirement and Lif

This is a collection of light-hearted essays about aging and retirement.

2022

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Gritty from a Safe Distance

At a Lucinda Williams show, we confronted the reality of aging — hers and ours.

Oct 12

Gritty from a Safe Distance

Oct 12

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It’s Time We Talked About Your Cable Subscription

I was paying for service I didn’t need out of habit. Here’s how I stopped.

Oct 2

It’s Time We Talked About Your Cable Subscription

Oct 2

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Tidying Up the Detritus of a Career

Reflections on Identity After Law

Sep 21

Tidying Up the Detritus of a Career

Sep 21

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The Death of Bob

Musings on a dog, dogs, and getting old.

Sep 12

The Death of Bob

Sep 12

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Retiring My Hedge Trimmer: Pride, Aging and Paying for Help

Another milestone in aging

Sep 5

Retiring My Hedge Trimmer: Pride, Aging and Paying for Help

Sep 5

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Plain Books and Secret Wisdom: What My Mother Knew

Three libraries, one childhood, and the making of a lifelong reader

Aug 5

Plain Books and Secret Wisdom: What My Mother Knew

Aug 5

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A Home Cook Wades into the Meat Resting Controversy

And thinks he may have learned something useful

Jul 29

A Home Cook Wades into the Meat Resting Controversy

Jul 29

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Is the Puff-chested Know-it-all in Danger of Extinction?

I fear that artificial intelligence will kill off this beloved character.

Jul 21

Is the Puff-chested Know-it-all in Danger of Extinction?

Jul 21

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Teaching Law on the Way to Surgery

For the time being, we still like our experts embodied

Jul 16

Teaching Law on the Way to Surgery

Jul 16

The Gentle Pleasure of Reading Anthony Trollope

For days when genius is too exhausting.

Jun 24

The Gentle Pleasure of Reading Anthony Trollope

Jun 24

Orrin Onken

Orrin Onken

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I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.

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