Mind the Spirit— Bless Them, Change Me
How to recenter when things aren’t going your way BY STEPHEN SINCLAIR A few years ago, I was sitting in a meeting when...
Welcome to Elderhood
In a society that has created rituals celebrating different life stages, why not hold rites of passage honoring our later...
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,...
The Great Outdoor Classroom
BY DAVE ELLINGSON My friends thought I was crazy when I launched my kayak 10 years ago for a 2,350-mile adventure from the...
My Grandmother, My Hero
Her life inspires the film Lives Well Lived Story and Photos by SKY BERGMAN I grew up in my Italian grandmother’s kitchen...
When It’s Hard to “Love Thy Neighbor”
When I began to volunteer at the state prison in Monroe, Wash., I was assigned to visit two men. The first, “Thomas,”...
Why I Decided to Turn Seventy-Five
One day you look in the mirror and you are confronted by the results of your life. Old school, old body, old points of view. Here...
What Will Be Our New Normal?
There is a scene in the 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously that haunts me. The movie is set in Jakarta in 1965. Indonesia...
Mind the Spirit—A Case for Uncoupling
It’s not just young people who are addicted to their technology “Oh, no! I forgot my phone!” A couple of weeks...
From Cat Litter to Barbells
Several years ago, Edie Edmundson stood in a store, staring down a 25-pound bucket of kitty litter. There was a problem—she...
