I wrote a few years back that there comes a time, for all of us, when gravity is no longer our friend. Our fingers, arms, and legs don’t really work in concert the way they did when we were in our thirties and forties. Ok, maybe even our fifties and sixties. I know what the scientists will say – that we need gravity so that things don’t just drift about like in a space capsule. Ok, understood. Force of gravity however, isn’t the only lead indicator that we’re not quite as functional as we used to be. Our lifestyles too have dramatically changed – some elements for the better, some perhaps not. I don’t believe for a minute that 70 is the new 50, except for Joe Biden and Jane Fonda. Eyes, teeth, and joints aren’t buying it either. But all of those little things keep announcing to us, like a bullhorn, that time is marching on. So, you know you’re getting older when . . . . .
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