The Real Deal
I was interviewed last week by Richard Garcia, a freelance journalist, for a feature story in the Christian Science Monitor.
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Ripening
The idea that I am being ripened, that I could be the seed pod for some, as yet undefined, new life form, intrigues me.
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The Conference on Aging that Wasn’t
I’m not sure what the goal of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging was—but if it was to have participants leave energized and ready to take on the challenges, alas, I fear it did not succeed.
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On Dying
I would be (and have been) sorely disappointed if I let my fear of death keep me from being happy in this life.
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The Green House Project at The White House Conference on Aging
The Green House Project’s landmark approach to skilled nursing care will be highlighted at the White House Conference on Aging.
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Declaring Independence From Ageism
This Fourth of July lets declare independence from ageism! It won’t be an easy revolution. Like the colonial British Empire, ageism won’t roll over without a fight.
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Why Baby Boomers Will Never Live in Nursing Homes
On February 4, 1974, the night Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, I was a 23-year-old Soto Zen Buddhist monastic novitiate, studying under the auspices of Reverend Master Jiyu Kennett, Roshi of Shasta Abbey, Mt. Shasta, California.
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Vintage Rx for an Elder Body and Soul
When science and spirituality are joined in the service of healing an elder’s body and honoring an elder’s soul, there is no more potent protocol humanity can devise.
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