The Third Third
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Notes from a life well underway but nowhere near\\xa0over.\\n\\n
I had breakfast with a friend of mine not too long ago and our conversation turned to, as it often does with those hovering around the 60 year mark, to the subject of retirement. That started with a passing comment about my father who had recently entered his 90th year, as he fondly and often tells us. \\u201cI sometimes wonder,\\u201d I said, \\u201cif my parents had known they were going to live this long if they would have organized their lives any differently.\\u201d
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\\n\\nListen to the rest by clicking the play button, above. The text version of this essay can be found on Medium where it was published contemporaneously. (photo: \\u201cOn The Beach at Newport, Looking West\\u201d by Michelle Klement)
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