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What’s My Age Again?
ture: our propensity to tram- ple more than advance, our anthropomorphic tendencies. But he doesn’t lecture. His tone is more observational and speculative. Age has not diminished his curiosity nor his ability to reflect either.
like to still be writing at a high level as well, though Farber warns:
“Here, no body parts dead, yet, but increasing- ly I’ m aware of the effort required. If I tell people that writing a book is like building a house one lives in during construction, then there are roles to fill: ar- chitect, carpenter, plumber, painter, roofer, tile setter, electrician. Not to mention all the permits and inspec- tions one has to get. Such — taxing — tasks.”
If you feel like getting your think on, read Acting My Age. Unlike the things I normally review, things that I do enjoy watching, after reading Farber’s book, I felt a little smarter as opposed to simply satiated.
But Tom has always had that effect on me, and I as- sume many others as well. He’s the kind of guy who generously passes wisdom without making one feel stupid.
Yet another lesson to con- sider from one of my sages.
I don’t know if I’ll reach my late 70s. But if I do, I’d
Acting My Age is available digitally and in paperback at the UH Press website and Amazon.
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