THIS IS GETTING OLD(ISBN=9781590307762)

　　In this intimate and funny collection of essays on the sometimes confusing, sometimes poignant, sometimes hilarious condition of being a woman over sixty, Susan Moon keeps her sense of humor and she keeps her reader fully engaged. Among the pieces she has included  here are an essay on the gratitude she feels for her weakening bones; observations on finding herself both an orphan and a matriarch following the death of her mother; musings on her tendency to regret the past; thoughts on how not to be afraid of loneliness; appreciation for the inner tomboy; and celebratory advice on how to regard "senior moments" as opportunities to be in the here and now.

　　Susan Moon is a writer and longtime Zen Buddhist who teaches popular writing workshops, mostly in California. She is the former editor of Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Introduction
PART ONE Cracks in the Mind and Body
Where Did I Put My Begging Bowl?
Stain on the Sky
Leaving the Lotus Position
The Breathing Tube
01d Bones
All Fall Down
Senior Moment，Wonderful Moment
PART TWO Changing Relationships
In the Shade ofMy Own Tree
Exchanging Self and Other
House of Commons
Getting Good at Staying Still
Grandmother Mind
What If I Never Have Sex Again?
Becoming Invisible
The Tomboy Returns
PART THREE In the Realm of the Spirit
Tea with God
I Wasn't My Self
You Can't Take It with You
The Secret Place
Talking to My Dead Mother
For the Time Being
Alone with Everyone
This Vast Life
Acknowledgments
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