A Free Book — What Came to Mind: Thoughts Late in Life

In 2019, contributor to this site Robert S. Griffin compiled a collection of his short writings on a variety of topics called What Came to Mind: Thoughts Late in Life.  For the book, Dr. Griffin gave himself a page limit—three hundred pages.   Staying within that quota, he selected thoughts, as he called them, posted on a personal website he began in 2007—www.robertsgriffin.com—that seemed best for this book, which essentially is an exploration of taking on the challenge to live well—honorably, effectively, and gratifyingly—as the person one truly is.   He tinkered with titles and edited for length and clarity.  None of these selections has been published elsewhere.

What Came to Mind is made up of sixty individual efforts, but there’s coherence and progression—the writings are ordered chronologically—it’s even a memoir of sorts.   It provides the personal background and frame of reference which grounds what he has written for this site.  You may find a fair amount of this material unique, informative, stimulating, entertaining, and moving; you may find ideas that will contribute to improving the quality of your life.  These selections were produced during the time Professor (now Professor Emeritus) Griffin went from being old to uses-a-cane elderly.  In part, this book is about aging and death.

What Came to Mind is not available in published form.  Here is a link to a free PDF of it.  http://www.robertsgriffin.com/WtCmMd.pdf  The blond toddler in the picture is the author.