Skip to content

Pilgrim on a Long, Long Journey

My Personal Journey, Essays, Book and Movie Reviews, Fiction and Sports Commentary

  • Home
  • Looking Back from my Eighth Decade

Day: June 18, 2020

The Very Young and the Very Old Per Frederick Buechner

June 18, 2020 ~ artsandletters9 ~ Leave a comment

This piece by Frederick Buechner is my favorite essay on old age:

https://www.frederickbuechner.com/quote-of-the-day/2016/5/11/old-age

Doesn’t it manage to touch your heart as well as your funny bone?

My Twenties, a Difficult Period

  • Young Inside? February 3, 2023

Recent Comments

artsandletters9 on The Doing
dorahak on The Doing
artsandletters9 on Your Music
joynealkidney on Your Music
Richard Reeve on Mystery

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • December 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016

Categories

  • Book reviews
  • Choice Words From Others
  • Essay
  • Memoir
  • Movie reviews
  • Obituary
  • Personal growth
  • Right in the middle of the muck
  • Sports commentary
  • Travelogues

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Translate

Top Posts & Pages

  • Gestures?
  • Young Inside?
  • The Doing
  • Speech?

Archives

  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • December 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
June 2020
M T W T F S S
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930  
« May   Jul »

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 225 other subscribers

Community

Pages

  • Looking Back from my Eighth Decade

Top Posts & Pages

  • Gestures?
  • Young Inside?
  • The Doing
  • Speech?
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Pilgrim on a Long, Long Journey
    • Join 126 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Pilgrim on a Long, Long Journey
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar