Tag Archives: Cognitive Dissonance
Stuck in the Middle…
“Most ‘Monty Python’ fans are, of course, baby-boomers, who have long been a nostalgic lot and are growing more so as they totter towards old age” – Terry Teachout There is an old adage that goes “being in the right place … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Disability, Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged #StudentDemandAction, activism, baby-boomers, change agent, Civil rights, Cognitive Dissonance, Emma Gonzalez, Gerontologist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, polio, Senator Marco Rubio, seniors, Terry Wiens
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A Time to Turn Around
It has been a difficult six week and although I have written lots, I’ve published nada. June is my most difficult month and this year was extreme. June has been my life nemesis month. The seeds of the trepidation I … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Personal Life, Philosophy, seniors
Tagged accessibility, aging, belief systems, Brexit, Cognitive Dissonance, Gemini, PTSD, seniors, Terry Wiens, vets
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Starting 2016 Back at the Beginning
How times change, fifty years ago I was celebrating my last Christmas as a patient in the Children’s Hospital and a year later I was attempting to catch a mud-eating goose from a pond in Stanley Park to have as … Continue reading
