Steps to a fork in the road

The past year presented me with a fork in the road on which I had been traveling for a long time. My choice was to continue to work in the field of Creative Aging, which I started almost by accident in the late 1970’s, or to go in a new direction. I had spent...

Envelope pushed

It’s the morning after BackStory and  my first experience of telling my own story to an audience in the theatre. Fortunately there were some friends and my daughter in the audience, which was reassuring and the lights were so strong you could only see the first...
ageless authors

ageless authors

A couple of months ago my daughter sent me information on a writing competition for people over the age of 65. An organization called Ageless Authors (www.agelessauthors.com) who describe themselves as a collaborative “effort to recognize your vitality, your...
Birthdays

Birthdays

What do you think about birthdays? Numbers have such an important influence on our lives. And sometimes have no bearing other than to reinforce expectations – and unfounded ones at that. We ask little children how old they are – perhaps because we don’t know how else...