Independent Living

How to play the end of the game

Joe Marr
The Memoirist
Published in
6 min readFeb 20, 2024

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Wildflowers in Crested Butte, CO. Photo by the author. Alt description: Spring wildflowers in a high mountain valley.

The room was large and contained most of the things that had meaning for him.

It also had a view, and he was pleased about that. The large Oriental rug, owned for decades, now covered the wall-to-wall carpet and made the room his. They had put in bookshelves and those were filled with the diverse volumes that defined his life. The shelves were arranged…

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Joe Marr
The Memoirist

Retired academic physician, biotech executive, and biotech investor. Now devotes time to extended family, volunteering, and creative writing.