Dear Gabby- Feb. 17, 2026

Dear Gabby:

My one-hundred-year-old friend

was feeling despondent

and decided to brush his teeth

with his left hand, ditto with the

cup of morning coffee as he read the

morning paper from back to front

for a change.  On leaving the house,

he left the walker and picked up his cane,

and almost danced out the front door,

telling me later, everything had shifted.

What do you think about that?

Dodging Depression

Dear Dodging:

That’s brilliant -

have ice cream for breakfast,

 wear your shoes on the wrong feet,

 or spin three times, fast,

walk out the door,

and hand a dollar

to everyone you pass.

Be a fish out of water,

go against your grain,

break up routine.

Your friend is either lucky

or simply a wise old man