Old Age

Silver in her hair,
not a sign of what was lost—
a crown of stories.

#haiku #poem #poetry #oldage #old #age

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

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#death #NobleEightfoldPath #OldAge #sickness #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha

Old Age

Silver in her hair,
not a sign of what was lost—
a crown of stories.

#haiku #poem #poems #poetry #old #age #oldage

https://myshetland.co.uk/last-night/

Rugs on for tomorrow will be shitty weather.

#myshetland #shetlandislands #shetland #shetlandponies #icelandichorse #oldage #horserugs #horseware #horsewareireland

A quotation from Barzun

Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

More about this quote: wist.info/barzun-jacques/66891…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barzun #jacquesbarzun #aging #lifestyle #oldage #gettingold #growingold

Old Age

He sits by the fire,
watching embers fade to ash—
content in the glow.

#haiku #poetry #oldage #old #age

https://myshetland.co.uk/moved-the-oldies/

A new field for the old horses and ponies.

#myshetland #shetlandislands #shetland #oldhorse #oldage #oldagecare #whitecats #terrier

Funny thing to notice, as I begin my much-anticipated but inexorable slide into curmudgeonly crepitude...

I spent a lifetime loving the style of Chris Kraft and other NASA Mission Controllers and their colleagues. The Ronsir eyeglasses, crew cuts, white shirts and black ties. That was COOL.

And today during LOS when half of Mission Control got up for a break during LOS, it's all skinny hipster suits that don't fit, brown sneakers and no socks with gray trousers, etc. Yuck!

#NASA #OldAge

Today I turn 63. This short video attempts to express how I feel and how something is calling to me from deep within ever since I was a child.
Don't tell me it's just another trip around the sun because we already know very well that the world revolves in a complex spiral of spirals and nothing ever returns to the same place.
For almost 30 years, every year on April 8th I remember and celebrate Kanbutsu-e as is done in Japan and in Zendos almost all over the world. I don't have a sangha to go to right now, but I'll sit and do Zazen with my cats and my dog, who for some strange reason seem to understand what it's all about.
From Zen I learned to see, accept and live life as it is, that the only life I have and that exists is the present moment, that the world I see is an interpretation of my mind and not reality.
In the following years, I will try to focus on the practice and learning of the Dharma and help others on that path. Today I'm starting to definitively give up many activities that used to interest me. I've already deleted several accounts and completely retired from the bug bounty world.
And I will try to share here reflections, wisdom I find along the way, and of course, cats, lots of cats, funny cats and wise cats, cats of all colors. Because cats are great teachers.

#birthday #oldage #zen #zazen #wisdom #cats #zencats #actuallyautistic

Incontinence maudite / Damn incontinence #poem #oldage

expliquez-moi comment ça marche l'incontinence-
car j'ai un court préavis avant que ça commence-
et alors ça coule bien tout seul contre ma volonté-
mais quand aux toilettes tout ça je veux terminer-
là je dois faire des efforts pour ma vessie l'y vider-
donc ma vessie semble vraiment mal fonctionner-
ainsi les couches d'adultes je dois toujours porter-
surtout la nuit pour mon lit alors ne pas le mouiller-

https://gerdesilets.wordpress.com/2026/04/05/incontinence-maudite-damn-incontinence-poem-oldage/