I’ve officially reached the age where I had to buy my first pair of readers. I remember hearing someone refer to their glasses as “readers” and wondering where the term came from. They looked like glasses to me.

I went on Amazon and saw a four-pack of the lowest number for under 20 bucks, so I bought it. I figured that should last me for years. I’ve gone about five decades without needing any; four should last me forever.

As I’ve come to learn, all those years of not needing glasses, I had proper memory function that would tell me where my glasses were left.

As my “anything closer than arm’s length” vision has faded, so has my memory. That four-pack of glasses is strategically scattered — in theory.

I have one pair on the desk at work. Those are always there when I need them, as long a

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