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Quick and Easy Blog Post 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
An old friend, Jim Stone, is visiting for a few days so posting will be light and brief this week. Yesterday, we drove up to Mt. Hood for lunch at Timberline Lodge – about an hour-and-a-half from home...
Non-Existent Elder Fashion 26 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
[Editorial Note: I last wrote about this subject five years ago. Due to that post, on Friday I was contacted for advice by a young fashion designer who wants to specialize in fashion for elder women. ...
ELDER MUSIC: Windy Songs 25 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presen...
INTERESTING STUFF: 24 August 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
ASTOUNDING INSPIRATION As you probably know, I've been on a campaign since March to lose 40 pounds. My inspiration was and is FEAR with capital letters. When it had become difficult to bend over to f...
Elders Repeating Ourselves 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
By the time my great Aunt Edith was into her 80s (she lived to be 89), she repeated her stories a lot. I lived in New York City then, she in Portland, Oregon, and we kept a weekly appointment to chat ...
Pets and Elders 22 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Those two kinds of living creatures go together well. Many studies show that sharing life with a dog or cat or other kind of pet increases health and well-being of elders, even lowers blood pressure. ...
National Senior Citizens Day? 21 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Minus the question mark, that's what a press release Crabby Old Lady received on Monday tells her about today. Ever heard of it? Neither has Crabby and the more she looked into it, the more she wished...
An Old Age Better Than I Ever Expected 20 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Nothwithstanding yesterday's post about the hard decisions we face in our old age, I never expected to feel as alive and vibrant and spirited and vital as I do at this time of my life. There is littl...
Elders' Tough Decisions 19 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Some of you may recall late last year when I told you about Travels with Epicurus, a lovely little book about living a fulfilled old age written by philosopher Daniel Klein. In his introduction Klein...
ELDER MUSIC: Rain 2 18 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presen...
