The New York Times asks pertinent question about the very old. This is the story that strikes home to me.

How do we want to spend our last days, and what do we want of our loved ones?

For Jonas Mekas, who was weakened by a blood disorder, the last days were busy. He was preparing three books for publication, and working on several films and videos; he was organizing boxes and designating where papers should go after he died — some to a municipal library in Lithuania, some to Mana Contemporary in Jersey City. When friends visited, he apologized for his weakened condition.

[Jonas Mekas died early in 2019 at 96.]