Falling in Step

Beth Broderick: Wit and Wisdom for the Ages from the Aged Podcast · Jun 18, 2025 · 10m

Wit and Wisdom

by Beth Broderick

I was in Fredricksburg Texas, sitting across from the twins. John and Don have been known in some circles as “The Gay Twins from Arkansas” for as long as we have been friends, which is a long, long time. Mostly, though, they are just known as “The Twins”. Both men are tall and lanky, with the kind of impressive physical strength that comes from labor and not the gymnasium. They can lift anything, fix almost anything, and think through problems that leave the rest of us mouth-breathing and adrift.

“Well, I don’t know if you should do thaaaaat,” John remarked…