And as with our own personal aging, it's becoming graver over time.
"I saw that the situation was becoming very grave," he recalled.
"The thing is," he tells me, his face becoming quite grave, "badgers aren't the villains.
He is right when he describes the poisonous narrative they preach and I welcome his comments that British Muslim communities have a powerful and important role to play in dealing with a situation that is becoming increasingly grave.
It is fast becoming a grave threat as levels of toxicity in urban centers increase beyond safe limits.
During Nazi bombings Londoners found safety in the Underground, but in the age of the suicide bombers, subways and tunnels now offer the potential of becoming mass graves.
During Easter of 1994, as Rwanda -- one of the most Christianized countries in the world -- was erupting in genocidal violence and churches were becoming mass graves, this small mosque was one among many that stood against the chaos and welcomed and protected all ethnicities.
It's impressive and often fun, like when Nichols, as Gertrude, stands over Ophelia's grave, distraught, then suddenly falls onto the grave, becoming the mad young woman's corpse.
Boats4People says the Mediterranean is becoming a "mass grave".
Some argue that Harold's true burial place was Waltham Abbey; others think Norman troops hid the body to prevent his grave becoming a shrine.
