Kent Price info

my email is khprice@aol.com

my website is www.kprice.com

the K-town subpage is www.kprice.com/kahs

the K-town contact list is www.kprice.com/kahs/contacts.pdf

     password for the contact list is "Raiders123"

my "flying" website is www.priceaero.com

Stay Young-Avoid Your Adult Kids

 Avoid your adult kids! Not because they are getting older and it makes you feel old, it's how they treat you.

It starts when you're in your sixties. At first, when they talk to you as if you are a child, you tell yourself they can't help it. They mainly talk to their kids and can't remember to change their tone.

Watch it when you go to pick them up in your car and they insist on driving. Or when you see them checking your car for scratches and dents to be sure you aren't having minor accidents. That's when you become concerned about when they might take your keys so you can't drive and you begin to think about being old. Don't let them near your car.

Be forgiving when they insist they told you something and you don't remember. They have so many things on their minds they can't always remember who they told what.

Be kind when they say, in that patronizing tone, "Mom, I was standing at the counter peeling potatoes and you were pouring yourself another glass of wine." Notice the emphasis on 'another glass of wine' and that they are counting.

Be prepared to be given advice, told how you should do things, what you should not do, and for heaven's sake do not disagree. Just smile and say, "thank you, dear."

I admit they begin running your life because they love you and of course they have realized you aren't the smartest person they thought you were when they were preteens.

They are watching to be sure you don't have car accidents, that your forgetfulness isn't the beginning of dementia, and your wine drinking doesn't get to the point of impairing your activities.

They love us, they want to take care of us, they don't mean to make us feel older than dirt. To avoid feeling old, avoid them when you can, love them when they intrude and take over but find your own space, keep it sacred, and hang out with people who don't make you feel old.

To my family---I love you all and I think you are perfect in every way!

A Tribute to Nicklaus

  A Tribute to Nicklaus - Myrna and Nicklaus are real. The story is fiction.

Myrna struggles to hold back her tears as she hurries past the dog park. It has been a month since her precious Standard Poodle, Nicklaus, passed at age 14, and she sadly remembers his jubilance when she took him for a walk in the park. He was friendly, so much so that other dogs seem to be excited when they arrived, and the owners welcomed her. She wasn't sure if they welcomed her or Nicklaus.

Avoiding walking past the park was difficult when she went to the Senior Center. She volunteered every Tuesday and Thursday, reading and spending time with some of the residents who had no family or friends to visit them. Now and then, she was allowed to bring Nicklaus, and his jubilant friendliness cheered everyone.

She could take another route, but it took her around an area better to ignore, and it was much too close to drive her car. No, walking was the best way, and sometimes she felt Nicklaus was excitingly walking next to her. Realistically she knew he wasn't, but it gave her comfort thinking about him, but sometimes it made her sad.

As she passes, trying not to look at the frisky pups enjoying their outing, she is startled to see an identical Standard Poodle, the image of Nicklaus sniffing the ground, looking for a spot to stop. She blinks, closes her eyes, shaking her head. When she opens her eyes and looks again, he and the nice-looking gentleman at the end of the leash are closer to her.

"Excuse me," the baritone voice says softly, "you are the owner of the Standard *Poodle you bring here to the park?"

"I beg your pardon," she mumbles.

"I used to see you walking him when I visited my mother at the Center and brought her here on walks when she was feeling up to it. She loved watching the dogs. It was one of the few times she was lucid and spoke normally."

Myrna nods. "Your mother is at the Senior Center?" She looks into his smiling hazel eyes, trying to remember if she had seen him at the Center. Surely she'd remember. He is probably near her age, mid-60s, and handsome. She definitely would remember him. 

"Yes, my Mom, Alma Maynard. I only get to visit every other Wednesday. Your dogs name was Nickle something or other? She mentioned it when we came here and pointed at him."

"Yes, Nicklaus. He was my dog."

"Was?" He lays  his hand on his dog's back, smoothing the white hair."

Myrna struggles to respond, looking at the identical image of Nicklaus as his owner scruffs the back to its head. "I had to put him down last week. He was old and very sick."

"I'm sorry." there is a look of sadness in his eyes. 

Myrna feels a tug in her heart as he reaches out and touches her arm.

"Your Nicklaus is why I got this guy here. I saw how much pleasure my Mom had watching him, and I saw the joy you seemed to have walking him. It's been lonely in my house since my wife died two years ago. Nikie here brings companionship and brightens up my days. I named him Niki because that's what Mom said when she saw you with him." He hesitates then continues. 

"I have a major problem though.I have to go out of town for work a couple times a month and my regular pet sitter is going off to college. I haven't found someone who can come in and take care of him."

Myrna smiles. She hesitates for a moment, then looking into his eyes, she says, "I am retired and have lots of time on my hands. I would be happy to help until you can find someone."

As they exchange numbers, he suggests they go to dinner on Friday night to discuss the details. 

She reaches down, wraps her arms around Niki, and is sure Nicklaus would approve, not just of her dog sitting but getting to know his owner better. 

M. Bradley McCauley - 2021

Are You Aging Easy

This aging easy blog covers the aging process from Alzehimers to Sexuality, and many in between. 

Better Than I Thought I'd Be at 83

I know I am not what I used to be but I am better than I thought I'd be at 83.

                                 

I believe I'm blessed to have come this far considering my years of poor lifestyle habits.    

• Smoked 40 years
• Alcohol user
• High-stress life as
• Mom of 6
• Military lifestyle
• Divorce
• Stress filled travel career

Health issues 

• Early age heart disease, first heart attack at 47;
• 6 stents from 2003 to 2009
• Osteoporosis
• Auto-immune disease
• Scoliosis
• Acute Inflammation
•  High Blood Pressure
• Arteriosclerosis 
•  Sciatica 

"Don't worry about avoiding temptation... as you grow older, it will avoid you."

Winston Churchill

The posts on this blog will be about easy aging based on researched articles, many from the US Government publications on aging and health. 

Example:

•         Age and sexuality

•         Age and Health

•         Age and Modern Technology

•         Age and Relationships

•         Age and family ties

•         Age and Loneliness

                              

Imagine looking & feeling youthful,

vital, and 10 years younger!

This blog is for anyone older than they ever thought they would be, and those who hope to be there someday.  

It's never, ever too late to be the best you can be.

 ©2017-2020

M. Bradley McCauley - All rights reserved

Thinking About, Life -

Written in 1991- St. Petersburg, FL

Thinking About,  Life

At the moment I’m wondering where I am in my life?  For some time now, I have been on a spiritual path seeking enlightenment.  My spiritual nature has been directing the movement. I feel that once my spiritual identity was defined, an automatic pilot took control and all roads lead to inner vision.

I know that many of my road maps have been designed by the masters including Confucius, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Swedenborg, Emerson, Thoreau, and Kant.  Numerous others who navigated the world of thought and chartered the course of philosophy, have been my guides.

Emerson wrote, “Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world”.

As my thoughts and perceptions define who I am, my direction becomes clearer.  It fades from a mirage of tangible assets to a vision of keen conception. Within my mind, I can clearly see the unity of nature, and I become one with it.  I am guided by the awareness that life is nature and nature is God.

After years of study, I have come to the metaphysical belief that God is life.  God is the creative energy force that exists in every molecule of life. God is intelligence. God is life. God is the existing force of nature. God is all that is.

When I consciously perceived this awareness, I was in a state of awe.  I thought I had entered the New Age, and then realized through my philosophical and religious studies, that the New Age is as old as esoteric thought.  The concept of the I Am, which is New Age thought, was taught by countless sages, philosophers, and religious leaders, including Jesus. I believe that when He said, “I Am Who Am”, and “The Kingdom of Heaven is within”, he said it all. “The Father and I are One”.

This is a powerful concept.  When we know that God is in all that is and that we are a part of the whole, we seek to perfect the whole unit. The body itself is a prime example of this. Our bodies have an intelligence that directs all actions. When we are injured, that intelligence activates the healing process.  The same intelligence generates each breath, each heartbeat, our digestive systems, the various means of elimination, the blinking of our eyes, etc. If we look at the universe as a ‘body’, we see there is an intelligence that directs the action of that body.

When God, our Creator, Universal Energy, whatever nomenclature you use, breathed life into being, that life came from the source. That source is within all that is. I choose to call that source God. I choose to believe that God is within our being.

The human nature of our being has always been dual, both body and spirit.  The depth of the body is mind, while the truth of the spirit is God, the “I AM”.  Once the “I AM” is acknowledged in the human mind, the consciousness, it cannot be denied.  It is the all, the complete, the everything.  

When this state of awareness is reached,, all that exists in the physical world is viewed with a different perspective.  Joyfulness comes into the heart. Birds sing with an endearing sweetness, the trees elegantly sway in the breeze, and the awareness of the unity of all that IS becomes a reality.  Material possessions are less important and physical satisfaction is less dominating. One rejoices in the awareness of our true nature and life becomes less stress filled.

The divine mind flows through all of us.  Some use it for good, some for evil, and some never use it at all. Some people live by instinct; some use only the conscious mind, and others have learned to allow the superconscious mind to direct their actions.  I liken this superconscious mind to what the religions call, ‘holy spirit’.

I believe the spirit within us is as invisible as the air we breathe and just as real. I believe that when we acknowledge our spiritual nature and learn to work with it, we then have the power of the  

the life force, the power of our Creator, in our lives.

In my perception of the Universal flow of time, I sense that God, the creative force, has been in a state of continual perfecting.  We can see this when we look at history and the evolution of life. That which is not needed becomes extinct. The material substance of the universe changes as fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes change the geography of the planet.  The ethereal substance of the universe also changes. Hate, greed, avarice, and self-indulgence change the spiritual flow of life, but that can be reversed with love, understanding, kindness, goodness, and charity.

The original species of life existed by instinct. When humankind evolved and the cognitive brain became functional, the thinking process led many away from purely instinctive actions. We are imbued with instinct, a conscious mind, and a superconscious mind. One we can perceive, another we can direct, and the third is the life force that exists in all of us. To me, that superconscious mind is the divine mind, which gives power to everything. It is the power that can make a 102-pound woman lift a car off a child. It is the power that some people have learned to use to heal their bodies.  It is the power that can create something from the spark of an idea or concept.

It is important to learn how to direct the power. Any faculty of life becomes strong with use. Developing your spirit, your superconscious mind, your God-power gives you the tools you need to have everything in life you want. Your thoughts determine what you get.

Story Worth-How My Parent's Named Me

Although my mother was not a practicing Catholic, she was 100% Catholic in mind and spirit. She went to Catholic School for 6 years, including 2 years in a Catholic Orphanage in Harrisburg, PA  after her mother died when she was 10.

She did not go to Mass, but she made my older brother and me go to Sunday Mass and every Holy Day of Obligation.  During Lent, we had to go to Wednesday and Friday Stations of the Cross, could not eat meat on Fridays, and Saturday confession at St. Mary's Catholic Church was a ritual. It's interesting that during a polio epidemic, we were not allowed to go to a crowded movie but it was okay to go to a crowded church for Mass. She said God would take care of us in church.

Needless to say, I was named after the Blessed Mother Mary, mother of Jesus. She once told me she prayed I would become a Nun. Thankfully her prayer wasn't answered. 

StoryWorth

6 Money Saving Power Tips

Power Bill Sending Shock Waves in Your Budget?
Try these 6 Energy Saving Tips

 Following are the 6 best tips for in your home energy/$$$$ saving.


#1 - Did you know computers, televisions, other devices, and appliances use power when they're off. Plug these devices into an easy-to-reach power strip and turn it off when you're not using them. 

#2 - Lower the thermostat by at least 2 degrees and wear a sweater. I have a lovely Scottish wool cape works great.

#3 - Turn off your dishwasher after the wash/rinse cycle and let the dishes air dry, the way we used to in the days of dish drainers. Be sure to have the door open and the racks pulled out slightly.

#4 - Turn off unnecessary lights - a no brainer. Especially ceiling lights. 

#5 - Take shorter showers and turn the water off when shaving and brushing your teeth. 

#6 - Adjust your hot water heater. Most of us have to add the cool water to keep from burning ourselves. Turn it down.