Rain most of Tuesday but I did manage to get in some porch time. Don’t know if I have shared with any of you this “great knee adventure” I am now on but it is taking a toll on my ability to get around. I did at one time share with you that there will come a time we old dogs need to sit on the porch and let the young dogs run. Here is an update on that ponder… seems I have somehow reached the point that I now need help getting on the porch. While on the back porch yesterday I spent time pondering how old do you have to be to be a member of this old age group or category? We Americans like to, well really it is an obsession with most folks, to put everything in a group, category or under a label of some kind. A good example of this is we used to refer to a citizen of this country as an American… not anymore. Now that blank has several sub-categories. African American, Asian American, Native American… just to name a few. We have even gone as far as to add categories to what used to a reasonable thought thing, you know you could identify by looking and if that was not good enough, DNA was available. Not anymore… what was decided by our creator at our very inception was no longer binding. We have now had to expand our record forms to several categories. A few examples…we added to the usual boxes to be checked off…Male, Female, Trans-sexual,  lesbian, gay, bi, ace and straight and of all things non-binary. Not sure what that means but could be they aren’t fully committed yet. Just something to ponder about…which brings us back to an earlier question. How old do you have to be to be a member of this old age group or category? The answer to that after some research on my part is much like a lyric from a song from back in the day… “the answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.” Most official accounts say 65 years old but there are those, mostly from Kansas, having spoke to the Wizard would advise it is an in your Heart thing. I think I will go with nature on that. We start growing old at our first breath, just as our creator intended. From a medical point I give you this to consider…

“People 65 years old and older take prescribed medications more frequently than any other age group in the United States. Most older adults take several …” 

The above nails it down for me. If you don’t start your day with at least a brisk walk and good cup of coffee, instead it is an energetic shuffle and a cup of Ovaltine… and a regimen of  prescribed medications, welcome to the old age group. I got to get off the porch now and get ready for my bed time rituals… I will have to apply that topical medication jell to both knees after I remove my knee braces, take my evening meds and hopefully complete my nightly ablutions, allowing me to sleep through the night. Good Grief …it is almost nine o’clock!

jk