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Nancy Harris Mclelland

Poetry, Prose, Opinions about Aging from an Ex-cowgirl Octogenarian.

Cold Comfort

  “The advice of the old is like the winter sun:  it sheds light but does not warm us.”


                                                     Julian Barnes, Nothing to Be Frightened Of


                         ​If you are wondering why your advice gets a chilly reception.

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