Grey Matters columnist Deborah McNevin is a relatively long-time Yukoner and a relatively new senior, part of the writers’ collective for this column.
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Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Pixabay
Confessions of an exercise hater
My inner brat just won’t listen. Some people are blessed with an inner prince or princess, but I am saddled with a brat, verging on a rebel. The adult me tells the inner brat about the benefits and merits of exercise. Read more
Issue: 2019-01-23, PHOTO: Deborah McNevin
Bridge too far
It began innocently enough. At a gathering shortly after I stopped working, I overheard a friend mentioning that another friend had said she was going to learn bridge in order to have something to do in the nursing home... Read more
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Youth is a gift; age is an art
There are so many negative phrases out there about aging, aren’t there? I often hear the sayings “Old age ain’t for sissies” (Bette Davis) and “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone” (Joni Mitchell), or “Life’s a b--ch and then you die” (auth Read more