tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41337328856918593642024-02-20T20:20:37.380-06:00"Taking the Scenic Route"And Discovering gOld Along the WayH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-17208100018965457512012-10-04T20:32:00.001-06:002012-10-05T06:00:30.228-06:00"Can't You Come Out to Play?"
John Lennon's Birthday is October 9 -- Of course, all of you true-blue Lennon and Beatles' fans already know that. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remembered that it was around this time of year, but it took a Wikipedia check to confirm it. I mention this because I happened to write the following piece without knowing anything about it being Lennon's birthday. That's not what triggered H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-23710889717401881132012-03-11T07:30:00.023-06:002012-03-11T19:24:28.777-06:00Saturday Afternoons With "The Chief"I happened to be at a friend's house last weekend and, for some odd reason, we found ourselves watching professional wrestling. Go figure. Actually, the reason is not all that odd. Both of us - in our early 50s - were probably simply curious to see how the "sport" has "developed." All I will say is this: Things have really changed. I couldn't take more than ten minutes of the 2012 version of H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-30014310274952233612012-02-14T10:08:00.012-06:002012-02-14T21:03:23.521-06:00A Valentine's Day Story: That Common Repertoire of ExperienceHenry Miller - 89Encino, CaliforniaThe following is an excerpt from "gOLD: The Extraordinary Side of Aging Revealed Through Inspiring Conversations" (available in both paperback and eBook formats). This is the introduction to the section on Love and Marriage:Henry Miller was a friend and agent to a number of prominent entertainers, such as Nat King Cole and Kay Starr. I had the honor of visiting H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-37826949662257623422012-02-11T08:14:00.009-06:002012-02-11T09:22:47.915-06:00A Valentine's Story: "I Knew"Manny Weinstein—85Newton Center, Massachusetts Manny was one of the very first people I met on my Eldercation journey. The morning I visited with him, Manny sat with me in his sunny home located in Newton Center, Massachusetts, and that’s where he told his story about how he met the love of his life, Dolly, who had passed away many years earlier. “She was a preemie,” Manny explained. “And when H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-8617871543559328042011-12-27T19:50:00.003-06:002011-12-27T20:07:23.481-06:00"It took 40 years for me to get to ten years old."Hmmmm . . . Tomorrow is December 28. That date rings a bell.Mr. Charles Carrell (84) - I met "Chuck" during my stay in Dallas, TX and, at one point during our visit, he had something to say about the passage of time - his thoughts about the subject really struck me and I'll share it with you here. By the way, I especially loved watching him as he recalled the porch setting and how the H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-5328948990943435812011-12-26T15:36:00.004-06:002011-12-26T15:48:38.821-06:00Expanding Our Minds . . . PainfullyProf. Lyman Ray "L. Ray" Patterson was my civil procedure professor at Emory Law School and I will never forget one particular experience that may very well have removed about three years off of my life-span in a matter of just a few hours. I also studied copyright with L. Ray, but it was the first year final civil procedure exam that served to freak out me and everyone else in the room that day.H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-70037208623119065282011-12-11T18:36:00.003-06:002011-12-11T18:40:02.990-06:00PearlThis is Pearl Thuston from Kansas City, Kansas.When I first arrived in KC, someone suggested that I interview Pearl - knowing that I was a music lover. I headed out to her home one fall afternoon, having absolutely no idea about the musical adventure that was about to unfold. The interview was terrific, that wasn't a shock to me. But once the questions were winding down, Pearl reached into aH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-8213790474818671662011-09-10T16:31:00.005-06:002011-09-10T21:41:49.754-06:00The Old Man and the SeaRediscovering the Morning Walk - It's just over a year now that I moved to Vero Beach, FL. When I first arrived, I practiced a simple morning ritual that consisted of rolling out of bed, stepping into some sandals and immediately heading out to the beach for a long walk to watch the sun rise. Oh yes, I actually put on a pair of shorts and a shirt, too, so I wouldn't offend anyone. I did this H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-67207969590769302452011-09-05T15:25:00.002-06:002011-09-05T15:30:14.081-06:00"You never, never know."People often ask me, "You've done so many of these interviews. Where do you find all these people?I have a standard answer to this question but to help me here, I'm going to turn to one of the world's foremost life philosophers. Fans of The Jerky Boys may smile at the above title as they may pick up on one of Mr. Sol Rosenberg's most quoted pearls of wisdom - one that seems appropriate for H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-24752398932566020702011-07-14T07:22:00.025-06:002011-07-15T22:34:58.324-06:00"Did you see that?!"I love the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. I've always loved it. The mere mention of the event and my thoughts fly back to the mid '60s to early '70s - the years when I was lucky enough to spend my summers at Camp Winadu. Every year there was a home run pool run by the campers and counselors (I'm sure the directors weren't all that fond of this practice), but, still, we could count on the H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-89791960603331536422011-07-01T06:26:00.025-06:002011-07-02T11:55:50.095-06:00"Filters, be gone!"Something kicked in two days ago. Something that occurred to me as I was navigating this vast social media landscape. The way I figured it, I've been a bit too conservative wandering around out here - operating at a 40-50% contact level. I decided it was time to make a strong move to see just how powerful these modern communication tools can really be.I decided to revisit Facebook's "Friend H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-58242697529855641102011-06-13T16:58:00.008-06:002011-06-14T21:46:14.667-06:00Water Against The DamIt's been a long time.I've written that line before on here; more than a few times. But this time, I mean, it's really been a long time since I've posted on my old friend, Blogger.In 2007, I decided to try a little experiment which involved leaving New York City and heading to the middle part of the country - to places I had never traveled before. I had always had an urge to drive cross-country H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-42519771997906129902010-07-03T01:24:00.012-06:002010-07-09T16:33:11.292-06:00"Every Day's A Sunday To Me, Honey-Child"Emma Foote March 2, 1909 -- July 3, 2010That's two out of three. Two out of the three individuals who have been most important to me, as well as to my brother and sister - they are gone now. Two out of three people who I have loved most in this world - they are gone now.The wonderful and most precious Emma Foote died last night. She was 101.As I have said and written many times before, Emma FooteH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-40483768344801460582010-04-17T06:38:00.038-06:002011-06-24T11:48:49.732-06:00"Hi, Dad."Ramon Martin GetzovFebruary 19, 1925 through April 14, 2010Hi Dad.I’m looking at the casket to my left here but, and I feel this in the strongest of ways. I know you’re up there. I know you’re everywhere now.* * * * * * * * * *I’ve often wondered – when someone passes away and folks are asked to speak about that person, to talk about a lifetime of experiences occurring, as in this case, from H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-46978031744512054802010-02-28T14:26:00.004-06:002010-03-01T07:12:45.509-06:00"Heeeere's Ray!!"[Written: February 25, 2010]Small Steps - When I came in today, I found dad to be a bit more "there" - compared to the other days, I suppose. That's the only way to look at this, in incremental steps.I was thinking about something I learned from my sister years ago. It was when Marla was doing her clinical work after receiving her degree in music therapy from U. Of Miami. She was working at, I H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-3771219579698478822010-02-27T10:05:00.012-06:002010-02-27T13:02:45.429-06:00Spirit vs. BodyUntitled? - Sometimes, in fact, often as I write these entries, I underline some words, phrases - something that looks like it might be a good title, something catchy. Today, I was finding it hard to find anything that worked.My father has been ill. Seriously ill, as many of my friends already know. He fell at his and my mom's home a few weeks ago and hit his head. This was the fall we'd been H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-60430560381889741042010-01-08T08:48:00.010-06:002010-01-17T15:39:58.783-06:00Eastward BoundThe Back Burner - It's been a long time between blog posts, I know. Finishing the book, packing, moving things around (including myself) - it's meant putting some things on the back burner, as they say. That explains the disappearance of my blog writing.But that's changing now. If nothing else, writing more, and doing it daily, often forces my brain to get creative. It doesn't allow me to be lazyH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-89885982473003112009-05-25T11:33:00.011-06:002009-05-25T20:28:31.034-06:00Friday Night LessonsGlad To Be Back - It's been awhile since I've posted on here - I know that. For those who've been following, there's a very simple reason for the absence. I've been finishing my book. Unlike some folks, I suppose, I seem to be at my best, writing-wise, only when I'm hyper-focused. So, that's what I've been doing. Hyperfocusing. And, apparently, that technique worked. Last weekend, I handed a H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-30095890898123001792009-03-15T09:12:00.014-06:002009-03-15T20:19:25.250-06:00"Hmmmm...."Riddle me this.Basmati rice in a hermetically sealed jelly-jar - I'm talking air-tight here, complete with one of those rubber rings around the edges of the top. I love these kinds of jars and picked up three of them at an Essentials that was closing down on the Plaza a few months back, figuring this would be the perfect way to store various kinds of dry goods. Rice seemed to be a natural choice,H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-30762200609713790492009-01-24T10:39:00.013-06:002009-01-25T19:52:45.817-06:00Look What I've CreatedI remember days, lying in bed in my old West 87th Street apartment, staring up at the ceiling, listening to the people above me pounding away on the floor - wondering - when the hell was I gonna get out of that place!?The last year on the Upper West Side was not fun, I have to say. With the building sold, new owners moved in and determined to force us out on their greedy terms, life in the city H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-77113609138721059372009-01-20T11:14:00.006-06:002009-01-20T11:38:54.889-06:00"The Right Person For The Times""The right person for the times."That’s what someone said to me, I think it was, about 8 months ago, during the campaign.Watching the inauguration today, while listening to President Obama speak, I thought of that line. I thought about how, sometimes, the times find the person. I think that’s what's happened here. It just feels so right. Now, I know, it doesn’t feel this way for everyone. I H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-56615882718617697452009-01-06T14:05:00.017-06:002009-01-08T08:06:35.795-06:00Basement HockeyCaving In ... For many months now, people have been hassling me to join Facebook - to get in the game, and all that. I've resisted. The Capricorn in me, I suppose. I mean, I don't even text. What kind of a person am I? Listen, it's certainly not that I'm anti-technology or anything. The fact is I'm actually pretty plugged into things without needing every single contraption that's on the market. H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-10507779746812819842008-12-27T13:19:00.017-06:002008-12-27T19:28:19.297-06:00The Day I Was BornTomorrow ... I've been a bit worried lately. Worried about my birthday, which, incredibly, seems to fall on the same day every year. Amazing. Seriously, I've been concerned because the way I've planned things this year, the way things are unfolding I'm going to be in Kansas City on that day, which is December 28, by the way. And, usually, this less than ideal calendar positioning makes for some H.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-8257993695645338062008-11-19T18:17:00.007-06:002008-11-22T10:17:37.404-06:00I Never Thought ...Some of you will remember a blog post for a few months back - if you didn't see it, I'll paste link here: "Those Were The Days." When I wrote and posted that piece, I never thought ...... Well, this morning on the way to work, I passed a Quik-Trip and immediately noticed today's unleaded regular gas price - $1.59!! (Update: Now $1.49) Okay, so the election is now over and the conspiracy theoriesH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4133732885691859364.post-42986433749742851122008-11-11T09:40:00.011-06:002008-11-11T10:35:03.001-06:00The Garden Village News ClubThe group was great, much larger than expected, actually. I'd say, by the time I pulled out the first article, about 20-25 people had taken their seats - they were ready to go. It was time to talk about the world.Mary Jane first suggested the idea to me about two months ago - to come up to Garden Village (my adopted retirement community - the first place I visited for interviews when I arrived inH.J. Getzovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860013600064455081noreply@blogger.com0