Adventures with Gravity
My knees and hips are forward, my head and shoulders cantilevered backward, and I am falling. It's New Year’s Eve at Tacoma’s...
Balancing Our Two Brains
In a previous article (3rd Act Magazine Fall 2020 issue), I expressed newfound optimism that cultural evolution is nudging...
Keeping Your Balance in Unsettling Times
Albert Einstein may have said it best: “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” And...
The Perils of Ignoring Diabetes
Diabetes. We hear about it all the time as a risk factor for a lot of bad things, including making us more vulnerable to...
Giving Beyond the Season
I have fond memories of sitting under the Christmas tree guessing my presents, but it was the anticipation of the big day...
Good Things in Small Packages – How to Downsize Your Traditional Holiday Dinner
Many of us realize that our holiday festive meals might not be the same this year. Unless you live with other people or have...
Still Laughing
You cried when you told me. We were sitting in the cozily sophisticated home you’d created with cast-off furniture and...
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...
Health Care in the Age of Coronavirus
There have been mixed political messages on how COVID-19 is spread but this much is not in dispute by health experts— it...
