• Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Z

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Z is for Zen and the Art of Life Review Zen is a state of mind of being fully present, free from the constraints of the ego, and open to the wisdom of the universe. It is a state of pure awareness. Robert Butler, M.D., gerontologist, and……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Y

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Y is for Youth is Overrated Julia Louis-Dreyfus Thinks Youth Is Overrated New York Times By Jancee Dunn March 30, 2024 When Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit her 60s, she was struck by a realization: She wanted to hear from the old ladies. The star of “Seinfeld” and “Veep,”……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: X

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable X is for eXit life      . . . older persons tend to fear death less than the young, and many can accept the idea of personal death with equanimity. At times it represents a welcome relief from the pain of a terminal illness. In other situations,……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: W

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable W is for Walking My mother didn’t drive. Her younger brother took her out one day to teach her. I envision it was in the 1920s. Maybe they had a Ford Model T. I suspect they were in a field near the family potato farm on Long……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable V is for Vegetation Even though I’ve been retired over 20 years, I still appreciate my lazy mornings. There are two brief time periods between the frost of winter and heat of summer when I can sit outside on the screened porch, my feet up on an……

  • Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: U

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, the Tolerable U is for University Diversity The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Washington University in St. Louis has been looking at institutions across the country to see what they are doing to increase age inclusive campuses. It is so exciting to think institutes of higher learning……