Tag: aging

• Let It Be

  I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, theres someone there, other times its only me…                                                         –Bob Dylan “Every Grain of…

  patrickjegan

  December 30, 2014

  Blogging, Everyday Events, Family, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  aging, blogging, broken hearts, brothers, death, death of friend, falling in love, gray hair, love, memories, nostalgia, railroads

• Two Elderly Gentlemen Walk Into A Pub

    An older man walked into a pub in Burlington, Vermont on a recent Saturday afternoon.  It was minutes away from a heavy rain.  The guy went downstairs to the men’s room.  He was there at the pub to meet an old friend and he was about two minutes late.  As he climbed the stairs,…

  patrickjegan

  September 7, 2014

  Blogging, Everyday Events, History, Holding onto the Past, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  aging, Burlington VT, fly-fishing, growing up, old friendships, owego ny, Susquehanna River, Viet Name

• World Gone Wrong

  Change, its been said, can happen slowly like the pace of a glacier or as fast as a bolt out of the blue.  I’ve seen it come at me both ways.  Brushing my hair one day…and I saw the gray.  Another day, I heard the slamming of the front door and I never saw her…

  patrickjegan

  September 6, 2013

  Mountains and Memories

  abandoned factory, Adirondacks, aging, autumn, barns, cemetery, change, closed diners, country, farm girl, farms, gas stations, motels, photography, time-lapse