Travel Dreaming: The Italian Love of Eating
Even if we’ve had to postpone trips to Europe, I believe a daily dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one...
Finding Hope in 2020
Oddly enough, I’m finding cause for optimism amid the turmoil and trauma of 2020. I have a new-found optimism that the...
NCOA Photo Contest Showcases the Richness of Aging Well in America
Winners chosen for their artistic and dignified portraits of older adults For its 2020 Age+Action Virtual Conference,...
Advance Care Planning Leads to Better Peace of Mind
I’ve heard much talk about silver linings in this dark cloud we call the COVID-19 pandemic. Traffic is lighter, for instance,...
Call of the Wild
Connie Gallant likes to say she learned how to speak English by watching Bonanza. She was born in Cuba, grew up in Boston,...
The Perils of Pilling Pearl
“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” – Jane Pauley Pearl, my eight-year-old cat, began sneezing recently....
My Third Act—Saving Tarboo Creek, My Unexpected Journey from Academia to Activist
About three years ago I decided to retire early from my job teaching biology at the University of Washington. I had a plan:...
Loose Threads
It took a pandemic for me to pick up those loose threads and start weaving them back together. A rich friendship of 50 years...
Aging With PRIDE
Andy Post sits on the couch, one leg tucked under the other, shoes checked at the door to the apartment on Seattle’s Capitol...
Go for It!
It’s never too late to find your passion and act on it— Robert Frost once wrote, “The afternoon knows what the morning...
