Twenty-five years ago, in 2000, the novelist, essayist, and former Harvard professor Roger Rosenblatt wrote a book titled Rules for Aging. He was 60 years old then. Now, 25 years later, at the age of 85, he has written a sequel to it, How to Be a Happy 85-Year-Old (Like Me). Who better than an 85-year-old to advice how to make the most of the senior years? Here is some of the advice that he has for his fellow seniors:
As we head into “the dog days of summer,” many of us who are over 65 feel the effects of the heat and humidity more acutely than younger folk. We may feel exhausted, out of breath, listless, and drained of energy. However, these symptoms may not be entirely due to the summer heat and humidity. Many of the symptoms just mentioned are also symptoms of a condition known as anemia, a deficiency in red blood cells, which leads to low levels of hemoglobin in the body.
Perhaps one of the more neglected groups in human society over the course of human history has been the deaf and those with hearing impairment. It is only in recent times that efforts have been made to accommodate the needs of those who are unable to hear and therefore to communicate through sound. American Sign Language (ASL) was introduced only in the early 1800s, only recently that it has become widely used by the hearing impaired and those who need to interact with them daily.
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