Category Archives: relationships

Are your thoughts up to date?

Posted on January 28, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I must say, I am thrilled at the responses we have gotten to yesterday’s Catch about older people going downward in age and outward in relationships as opposed to the … Continue reading →

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Down and out in your town

Posted on January 27, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I know there are older people who might like me, and me them, but generally speaking, it appears older people naturally go up in age and inward in focus. I … Continue reading →

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‘Take A Chance On Me’

Posted on January 26, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I think John is a pioneer. I know Marti is. Are there others? Are there older, wiser people out there who are willing to invest in me, believe in me, … Continue reading →

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Simply the Best

Posted on January 24, 2022 by jwfisch

“I am tired of people criticizing my generation,” wrote a Millennial in our recent questionnaire. “Why can’t people just listen — and then call out the best in me? Even if they are considered an elder, I want a friend. … Continue reading →

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On the street where you live

Posted on January 21, 2022 by jwfisch

Come take a stroll with me down the streets of the internet, the only place I know where people the world over are all your neighbors. Mr. Rogers never had it so good. Some people claim you can’t have real … Continue reading →

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Traveling on

Posted on January 18, 2022 by jwfisch

There’s no two ways about it: Death sucks. And death has visited our Catch community at least twice in the last few weeks.  Priscilla, our longtime MemberPartner from Rochester, New York, just recently moved into a new home, and before … Continue reading →

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Happy Anniversary; Take Three

Posted on January 6, 2022 by jwfisch

There have been times I have cursed my mentor, Ron Ritchie, for convincing Marti and me to set our wedding date in early January. After spending a good part of the previous year waiting for certain obstacles to the forward … Continue reading →

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Dirty feet

Posted on July 9, 2021 by jwfisch

[When the Catch comes out late, it’s usually because the subject matter has been giving me trouble. It also means the version you are about to read has gone through many revisions, usually indicating earlier versions were rejected by my … Continue reading →

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Jamaica in Chico

Posted on June 21, 2021 by jwfisch

  This was one of my most memorable Father’s Days. That comes as somewhat of a surprise because I wasn’t with my family. But I was with one of my children, so I felt like a dad. Chandler and I … Continue reading →

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The relationship is more important than being right

Posted on May 26, 2021 by jwfisch

Correction: I have something to correct about my Catch yesterday, though this does not change the central point; I just shot from the hip and overstated something, and that would be this statement: “I honestly don’t think Jesus cares what … Continue reading →

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