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As I grow older, it is one of the best parts to see other generations "come of age."

WILDER'S WHOLE WORLD: Thoughts on the Mars landing By Dwayne Wilder Special to the Herald Democrat NASA landed a Mars rover on the Red Planet in February; one named Perseverance, which will do more to explore and study our nearest celestial planet than any other in our history. It is the first step in putting humans on a different planet for the first time. The American Space Program has been trudging along for decades after an exciting 1960s and 1970s. Yes, we had the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, but nothing that captured the imagination such as landing men on the Moon....

My young man son, age 22, asks me all the time why I go to events that I have no reason to attend.

I write a lot about death; I guess it’s that time in my life. As I grow older, there are more and more of the people I have known dying as the normal consequence of life.

Wilder's Whole World: Your loving son, Dwayne By Dwayne Wilder Dear Mom: You wouldn’t believe the year we’ve had! The pandemic and the civil unrest; and don’t get me started about the election! Needless to say, we are ready for 2021… It’s been a while since I wrote; I guess the years are getting shorter now. It’s so hard to believe that you’ve been gone 19 years now, on Dec. 19, no less. Your death was a surprise and difficult to say the least, but somehow, we have made it through—I’ve made it through. I’m still amazed by the timing. You lived long enough to witness Sept....