The Cost of Loving By Lucy E.M. Black “This is the cost of loving. Sometimes you get hurt.” My mother’s words. She shrugged her shoulders and raised her palms in the air for emphasis. I was still in my nightgown, curled into a tight knot of inconsolability. I knew that I must have fucked up, Read more
Finding the Right Club to Join by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. With so many clubs and groups on Facebook and Meetup, as well as hundreds of ski clubs, sail clubs, knitting clubs, and so many more groups of people sharing common interests spread all across the country (and not online), how do you decide which Read more
Listen to Your Body by Donna Scrafano For quite some time I’ve read articles and books and attended training sessions that promoted the idea of how very intelligent our bodies are and how we should listen to them. It’s only the last five years or so, however, that I have begun taking this concept seriously. Read more
Dead Butt Syndrome by Lucy E.M. Black Yes! That’s what the title says—my butt is apparently dead. Dead butts are a real thing. Who knew?! Like many of you, I intended to age gracefully. I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent, vibrant woman with some serious skills and life experiences. Until the COVID-19 nightmare, Read more
My Struggles with Lycra by Lucy E.M. Black Although I consider myself a fairly accepting person, my views on the wearing of Lycra are perhaps best reflected in the following statement: “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” I confess to muttering this under my breath, hopefully not audibly, when viewing (or having imposed Read more
Universal Health Care: My Experience by Timothy Niedermann It is inevitable, I hope, that after the current pandemic has run its course, the US will have a renewed national discussion on universal health care. For current and future Silver Sagers, this will be critical as, like the COVID-19 virus, future epidemics and pandemics will most likely Read more
Improve Your Health? Try Kindness by J’Nel Wright Pssst! I heard about a secret that leads to better health. It doesn’t require taking more pills or swimming laps or even changing your diet. But it does require taking a different road to wellness. The high road, that is—a path filled with acts of kindness. Research Read more
Cuban Collage Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Sights and sounds of Cuba as told to me by the many Cubanos I chatted with along the way. Like many national monuments, you cannot simply enter the Capitol Building also known as El Capitolio or Capitolio Nacional de La Habana in Habana Vieja (Old Havana) without a pre-purchased Read more
Eureka Competition Benefits Older Adults & Their Caregivers The National Institute on Aging (NIA) recently held the Eureka competition which accepts applications for innovative mobile apps or web-based methods for people with dementia, healthcare providers and caregivers. As described more fully in Eureka Challenge the NIA received more than thirty applications that could help people Read more
The Perfect Funeral by Alice Adams One evening my husband and I had a conversation about our final tributes. It began because we had just attended another family funeral, which was, with all due respect, just awful—like the last half-dozen funerals we had attended. We didn’t want to bore our family with yet another sit-in-the-pew Read more
