Still Laughing
You cried when you told me. We were sitting in the cozily sophisticated home you’d created with cast-off furniture and...
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...
Creating Resilience in Times of Crisis
This is a difficult time for all of us—sheltering in place, grandchildren struggling with homeschooling, worrying about...
When Experience Counts
Boomers Lead the Charge Against COVID-19 in Washington State It was an audacious coronavirus-related question eliciting...
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,...
Blinded by the White
“Until we are all free, none of us are free.” —Emma Lazarus, 19th-century Jewish activist, poet, and author I have...
The Unsung Heroes of Caregiving
An Aging Population, Pandemic, and Politics Makes a Tough Job Even Harder Kathy Herigstad was 60 years old during her...
Patting Birds
In a classic Peanuts comic, Linus explains to Lucy that when depressed, he pats birds. During these difficult times have...
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,...
