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Beth Broderick: Wit and Wisdom for the Ages from the Aged Podcast · Apr 8, 2025 · 7m

Wit and Wisdom

by Beth Broderick

“You’re doing that? You’re up in the hills alone like that? On steep ridges?” my sister-in-law Sarah asked with a look of concern.

When she put it that way, I had to admit it sounded a tad off the beam. I had been explaining that I feel more confident hiking in the hills and on the ridges alone with my dog Fairness, because my pal Dean gave me a cane with a stun feature on it that can ward off an attack from human or animal, should need be. It can also stabilize me on steep paths and prevent me from going ass over teacup down the slope to my doom.

One…