{"id":1877,"date":"2025-06-27T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:51:15","slug":"yes-i-am-an-old-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/naturism\/yes-i-am-an-old-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I Am An Old Person"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As an older person, okay \u2013 a very old person \u2013 my life has slowed down considerably. I still do things though not as much or not so quickly. It\u2019s not that I take naps in the afternoon, I\u2019m not that old. It\u2019s just that I try to slow down and enjoy the things that I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, my wife set me a task to cut up and saut\u00e9 onions, and then to do the same with some mushrooms while she was at an appointment. I didn\u2019t rush the work and focused on what I was doing. It wouldn\u2019t do to burn the onions or the mushrooms, something that used to happen when I was younger and perpetually in a rush to do something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second task for me this morning, one that I set for myself, was the trimming of branches on a tree in our backyard as some were touching a fibre optic wire, and others were hampering the smooth operation of a clothesline. Since no one appeared to be moving next door on the other side of the fence, I risked doing the task in my preferred manner, sans v\u00eatements<\/em>. No one saw, and no one was offended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a delicious lunch of mushroom-chicken linguine, I went out onto the deck to grab some sunshine. This has become a habit when there is any sunshine to be had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, we went for a short three kilometre walk around the edge of town, a day-off kind of walk with a stop at the post office to check for mail. Once back home, it was time for me to sit still indoors and work on a new novel. I am writing a dystopian story set a dozen years in the future, a story that is a natural result of how our contemporary issues as western nations caught in the throes of populism, lose their hold on democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A final note, if you are interested is reading the story written so far, about thirteen thousand words, leave a message here in the comments, along with your email address, and I will send you what has been written.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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