'Kissing it Better' charity volunteers entertain retirement home residents in Stratford upon Avon, who have been diagnosed with dementia. (29 October 2013, WILL OLIVER/AFP via Getty Images)
Life between winnowing and withering
By Russell E. Saltzman
Old age is the most unexpected thing that can happen to a person. Leon Trotsky is said to have said that or something very much like it. It’s the only thing I remember of the many things he is reputed to have said. There’s much I no longer recall at all.
