The Elder Wisdom Circle always makes interesting reading. Here is a taste… FAMILY: Dad makes fun of my boyfriend around me My main problem is an issue I’m having with my dad. He dislikes my boyfriend to the highest level just because of his skin color which is black. My father tends to make fun […]
Hot Koko is Back
I have written about Hot Koko, the musical duo that Jude and I formed when we were in our late 40’s… HERE, HERE and HERE. Now that we are in our early 50’s, music and our enjoyment of being new and highly amateur musicians is really coming into its own. This summer we released our […]
Changes in Music and Writing
The art of weaving a great story or composing a great song has changed very little over the past five thousand years. Indeed, my son Caleb and I love reading Greek myths that were already ancient when Homer was alive. The act of creation remains what it has always been; a human being alone, or […]
This is the Changing Aging Book of the Year
Wendy Lustbader is one of America’s finest and most illuminating writers. Equally passionate as a writer, teacher, and therapist, Wendy brings
a social worker’s lived experience to her writing, teaching, and service to older people. Indeed it is her long experience with and concern for the well being of older people that forms the foundation of this remarkable book.
The Story Behind the Story
One of the difficulties that always presents itself to those who seek to change social systems and cultural practices is the push—pull tension between what you should do and what you can do. It works like this… All social systems (thankfully) have built in “shock absorbers” which make them pretty hard to change. Imagine waking up tomorrow […]
Here Comes the Crone
Regular readers know that I am a fan of crones and croning. Rick Moody offers an nice roundup of the concept for the uninitiated… Does a woman merely have to grow older to become a Crone, or does it mean something more? For some answers to that question, see the magazine “Crone: Women Coming […]
The First Great Depression
One of the best things about blogs and blogging is that it opens up access to material that would otherwise be lost. While much of political journalism is consumed with “he said” and “she said,” blogs mostly offer the authentic experience of people living their lives. Consider the opening paragraphs of a blog post […]
Behind these Doors… The Elders LIVE.
Some people hear the name “Green House” and they automatically picture a ranch-style house and a picket fence. Sometimes Green Houses do look exactly like that; but there are Green Houses in cities too. The nation’s first urban Green Houses are in Chelsea, Mass., at the Leonard Florence Center for Living and I recently dropped […]
