Symbols of Wisdom

I have been searching for photos that depict wisdom. On the site where I buy photos, the search term wisdom brought up 1000s of photos, but oddly they fell into four categories: owls, elderly people, graduation caps, and human brains. The graduation caps and brain images don’t suggest wisdom for me…maybe learning or education, but not wisdom.…

Growing Old

Once before I resented getting older, in the midlife crises of middle age. This time, as I approach 60, the resentment is deeper, more substantial. Scores of irreversible changes are etched on my soul: the old home vacant , friends gone, body softened, Dad dead, dog graying. Truth also weighs me down. This is not…