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  • The Oldie

    The Will to live - and die

    Mar 08, 2023 2 minutes

    Having witnessed over many decades the multitude of sufferings and indignities nature, aided and abetted by modern medicine, can heap upon the elderly, I had a stab at my own living statement and living will.

    These are my first attempts at expressing my wishes for the future, should I become

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