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Our Aging Bodies on Chocolate and Kale
I'm guessing you've never heard of Jeanne Louise Calment. I hadn't either until a couple of years ago when I learned about her in one of my aging studies classes. Jeanne Louise Calment was born on February 21, 1875. She died on August 4, 1997. Neither of those dates is...
Our Aging Brains on Music
Let me start with this: I listen to music a lot.  I had a ton of LPs that I gave to friends because we were moving to downsize. I have more than 1,000 compact discs on shelves in our garage no room in the house).   All of those CDs have...
From Old to Elder: Reframing & Renaming How We Age
A lot has changed over the course of our lifetime. Improvements in medical care have increased our life expectancy by almost double what it was 100 years ago. More people have a college education today than ever before. Communication has evolved from telephones to text messages to video calls we...
Feeling good
I've been feeling almost guilty about being very healthy. With the COVID-19 virus all around, it's given everyone an uneasy feeling. I've grown tired of the daily reports of new cases and deaths. The numbers seem to run together after these several weeks/months. I'm very aware of the potential danger...
Martin Scorsese still has “it”
Back in the '70s, when I was a warehouse worker and union shop steward, I remember going to see a double flick at the local second-run movie theater- a double feature for a buck and cheap popcorn.  Mostly these were B movies.  One of them was a movie I enjoyed,...
Aging happens to everyone; make the best of it
There’s a book I read to my granddaughters a couple of years ago, and now they sometimes read it themselves.  It’s Just Aging is the story of a little girl in Hawaii who, in hanging out with her grandparents, learns about the aging process and how it’s a natural occurrence and...