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East of Constantinople, West of Shanghai


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Heroes and Old Men

victor-hugo-age-quotes-forty-is-the-old-age-of-youth-fifty-the-youth-of-oldBe warned, this is going to be a bit rambling, as posts go.
Fact is, Jim Cornelius did a post, on his blog Frontier Partisans, about heroes, and our need of heroes as we grow old.

Old, mind you, not older.
George Carlin was right – we grow old, and we better learn to deal with it.

Jim’s post is a worthy read – and it got me thinking.
About heroes, about growing old, and how my heroes have changed through the years, as I grew old. If they changed at all, of course. Continue reading