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Given the history of mankind, it is improbable that we may grow more mature,etc. Incidently, are we anticipating this maturity before attaining immortality? Or, will we first identify the mortals with the emotional IQ of two year olds and let nature take its course with them while the mature...

No. I am certain we would value life less if we were eternal. Change too would become difficult in the world because people would stick to their ideas and that would lead to more conflict. The conflicts might not lead in deaths because we would be immortal but there could be other types of...

Saw this on a T Shirt Growing old is mandatory Growing up is optional

My latest is HUNT FOR THE HORSEMAN Ages 9-12 Pages: 191 Format: Kindle e book Amrita Mahal is a beautiful palace in the middle of a scenic lake, surrounded by green hills. It holds many secrets; not the nasty kind but fun secrets! The palace is more than a century old. When it was...

Both are extreme representations. A combo would be good:rolleyes:.

EXCERPT FROM THE SQUARE, a short story in The Vigil and Other Stories It was a reunion and also, imperceptibly at first and later, quite blatantly, an occasion to measure their success against the failure of Amit, the only one of their foursome who had still not made a name. It was five years...

Hello and welcome. I rather like Thomas Hardy, particularly Tess and Far from the madding crowd. I have never taken a liking to Lahiri though. One question: What does Ayoo mean?

My thoughts about aging: There is nothing negative about aging. Negativity comes when you limit your vision because of your age. I embarked on a new career at the half century mark. I agree that age is a number but I believe in accepting that number. If I equate fifty to twenty five and try...

Thanks. You too.

I knew what you meant :) even without the song reference. My statement And so by corollary to Browning's observation, one doesn't fully develop a sense of humor! Stiff price. was made by linking together earlier posts. I will give you my reasoning. It is for you to judge whether it is flawed...

Laughter is supposed to be quite the panacea so it makes good sense (as we age )to find humor, and cut down on those inevitable medical bills!

And so by corollary to Browning's observation, one doesn't fully develop a sense of humor! Stiff price.

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked," Robert Browning. :devillook

And yet there is no dearth of 'old fools'.....:p

Broadly, most ideas are repeats. What sets them apart is the freshness of approach.

Over the years, technology has taken great strides forward, leaving me technologically challenged:(. Read hi tech stuff? I'll be satisfied if I am able to operate ( not understand ) the functions in my son's cell phone.

Listed in order of preference: Maupassant, O Henry, Premchand, Tolstoy (his short stories are very direct, unlike his novels), Somerset Maugham, Ambrose Bierce, Poe..........Hemingway (list is no longer in any order). Too many great writers and stories to sift through. There's a very short...

Naturally. Selling is always difficult; even established publishers are not sure whether a new author with sell. The search engines of amazon (and other online stores too) are programmed to display books in the order of rating of the book /author because they pick up New and Popular. You might...

You are really old when the younger generation's behavior is puzzling /unacceptable. 'The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in lace of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their...

'After Worlds Collide,' Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer. I reread it recently and liked it as much as I did thirty years ago.