Lost the path that does not stray…
“When I had journeyed half our life’s way, I found myself within a shadowed forest , for I had lost the path that does not stray.”
Dante…
Death Is Not The Biggest Problem
In her article Silicon Valley Would Rather Cure Death Than Make Life Worth Living Emily Dreyfuss takes technology’s oligarchs to task over their collective crusade to “cure death.” Not that curing death is a bad thing, but as Dreyfuss points…
Boomer Blended Style of Senior Living
It appears boomers are willing to downsize into “blended” senior living communities that include ample amounts of fit as well as less fit residents. This article looks at one builder’s offering of how this might play out…
Aging boomers fuel…
Boomers: It’s All How You Get There
“The perception is that the baby boomers are very active — they are, you know, climbing up mountains, and they are a very healthy bunch,” says King, a professor in the department of family medicine at the West Virginia University…
Do Not Go Gracefully…
Aging is complex and uneven. Not everyone is aging gracefully. Wendi Knox’s inspiring article reminds us that other styles are equally compelling, valid and necessary. To this end she declares:
“I intend to age exuberantly. Colorfully. Creatively. Bravely. Boldly. Healthfully.…
Boomers Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For
Is there a fourth way for Boomers to view being older in addition to:
1. Aging is to be dreaded
2. Aging is decline and detachment
3. Aging is a time off hyper-activity
Carol Orsborn and Robert L. Weber, authors…
Some Boomers Can’t Wait For The Money
While this disturbing article is about greedy Boomers in England, a subset of Boomers in the U.S. are equally as determined to tap into the inheritance windfall by any means possible…
The Great Baby Boomer Inheritance Grab
The number of…
The impact of unforgiveness on older adults
Families are a battle ground where the wounds of conflict can be carried for a life time. While at some point forgiveness seems in order, its withholding is an all too common theme in the exhausting contest to prove who’s…
Boomer Pedal Bike Option: Kinder Mechanics
Older bodies need exercise options. The bikes of youthful riders, thin tired road machines and rugged mountain climbers are a poor fit for bad backs, worn knees and stiff necks. Boomers have come to a point in their lives where…
Poetry and Adult Children
Moving through middle age is a polyphasic lightening round of commingled dilemmas. No one captures the tone and pace of this developmental tango better than Jeanne Marie Beaumont in her poem Afraid So.
Afraid So
By Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Is…