Finishing Strong
BY CHRIS PALMER — Creating a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life as I Face Mortality — We must search for what we want to...
Welcome to Elderhood
BY JEANETTE LEARDI — In a society that has created rituals celebrating different life stages, why not hold rites of passage...
The Beauty of Aging
BY PRISCILLA CHARLIE HINCKLEY — In 1965, a group of 13-year-old white girls sat in a Home Economics class, ready to learn...
Giving Way to Change
BY HOLLIS GIAMMATTEO Our granddaughter, at age four, had been dealt a blow. Beloved and central her whole life thus far,...
My Grandmother, My Hero
Story and Photos by SKY BERGMAN — I grew up in my Italian grandmother’s kitchen as she chopped, grated, salted, peppered,...
A New Age for the Arts
BY JULIE FANSELOW — How creativity and community have flourished in spite of—perhaps because of—the pandemic No...
Things Left Unsaid
Some time ago, lain out on a gurney, deeply drugged, post-surgery, my wife disclosed that I had said to her in low and muffled...
Five Ways to Enjoy Eating Solo at Home
Eating with others can help us slow down, enjoy our meals more, and possibly even lose weight. But, if you live by yourself...
That’s What Life is, Isn’t It?
Sometimes, out of habit, I still call it running when like clockwork I’m out there twice a week in my shorts and sneakers...
Our Aging Story Creates Us
Age Well: Be Your Own DIY Neuroplastician! We create our worlds through our stories. When it comes to aging, we live surrounded...
