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How Much Protein Is in This Toothpaste? January 20, 2026 by Pepper Evans - Lately, I’ve been paying more attention to protein. It feels like it’s everywhere—from cereal to pasta to coffee creamers—but beyond the marketing, there’s a real shift in nutrition advice, especially for those of us getting older. Experts now recommend more…
Flow January 14, 2026 by Flora Davis - One day recently, I set to work on a blog for this website. After a while, my words began to come easily, and I became deeply immersed in what I was doing. I didn’t notice that the cat had jumped…
Finding Meaning in Memory Care January 9, 2026 by Anastasia Canell - “Feliz Navidad” is playing at full volume. Staff and residents are crowded into the activity room. The microphone is passed around the room—karaoke style—as people take a turn singing along to the lyrics. I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas,…
Think the Boomers Ruined Everything? Think Again December 22, 2025 by Ashton Applewhite - In anxious times we look for scapegoats, so boomer-bashing is on the rise. Wondering how to push back? Here’s a quiz: Cheer up, they’re dying off! The boomers invented [the internet/water bed/etc.]. What does your [entitled/tech-addicted/etc.] generation have to show for itself?…
Still Marching, After All These Years December 16, 2025 by Margaret Morganroth Gullette - Amid America’s turmoil and woe, I like to think of my mother and father. I am 84. My mother died in 2010 and my father in 1974. Though they are long gone, I hear what they might say and know…
Life without Birthdays December 11, 2025 by Flora Davis - Can you imagine not knowing exactly how old you are (and not caring)? Never having celebrated a birthday? That’s pretty much unthinkable in our age-regimented society, but that was my husband’s situation. He was born in the 1920s in India,…
A Silent Killer in My Family November 21, 2025 by Pepper Evans - At my annual physical, I brought a list of concerns, feeling uneasy after learning that three of my siblings have high Lp(a), a form of cholesterol that increases the risk of heart and vascular disease. “I think I should get…
Just Call Me ‘Whosis’ November 8, 2025 by Flora Davis - I love words. I spend my days reading them, writing them and deeply appreciating them when someone else strings them together in a fresh and evocative way. So why do they so often elude me? Proper and improper names of…
Appreciating So Many ‘New’ Things October 29, 2025 by Marc Blesoff - In 1954, when I was 5 years old, I huddled alone with my mother as Hurricane Carol raged around us. We were in a small, rickety fisherman’s shack on the shore of a large lake in New England. I’ve been…
Sign Me Up! October 25, 2025 by Pepper Evans - I have a sticker on my laptop that says, “Brave Enough to be Bad at Something New.” When asked about it, I admit that learning something new is harder for me now that I’m older, but I am committed to…
Sophocles’ Play Teaches Us about Honoring Our Dead Who Have Been Wronged October 24, 2025 by Margaret Morganroth Gullette - The residents of nursing facilities in the United States died in disproportionate numbers from COVID, when they should have been protected by the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the 50 states’ departments of health, and the owners and…
Ageism Also Affects the Young October 9, 2025 by Ashton Applewhite - October is a big month in ageland. October 1 is the United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons. October 9 is Ageism Awareness Day. It’s a time to celebrate all the progress we’ve made, as well as to reflect on…
Griefbots October 6, 2025 by Flora Davis - Every day while I take my morning shower, I imagine I’m talking to my husband, Mike, updating him on what’s going on in my life. He died in 2008. That’s why I was fascinated to learn that AI can create…
Living to 102 September 16, 2025 by Pepper Evans - The end of June brought the 102nd birthday of a client-turned-friend who’s been in my life for about five years. I met Veronica through an accountant who hired me to work with some of his older clients, for whom he…
Using Artificial Intelligence – Who, Me? August 26, 2025 by Pepper Evans - Anyone connected to the outside world has heard of artificial intelligence (AI). You don’t need to understand how it works to use it—in fact, you’re probably already using it. AI is a computer system that can perform tasks typically requiring…
Slow Living August 8, 2025 by Flora Davis - As I’ve rounded the corner into my 90s, I’ve felt more and more impatient with my own, slowing pace. I not only walk more slowly these days, I think more slowly and don’t get as much done. I can work…
An Open Letter to My Mom July 28, 2025 by Anastasia Canell - I was a teenager in 2014 when my mom was the primary caregiver for my grandmother. Mom struggled emotionally after she moved her into a long-term-care facility, and I didn’t know how to support her. I still sometimes feel guilty…
It Was a Hoax July 22, 2025 by Flora Davis - Recently, I was thrilled to get an email from someone I’ve known since college, more than 70 years ago. Though Jenny and I seldom got together—she lived in Toronto, while I’m in New Jersey—we talked on the phone, and every…
Reflect, Then Respond July 2, 2025 by Maggie Sullivan - Here’s what Julie told one of my caregiver support groups the first time she attended:
Later Life June 20, 2025 by Flora Davis - It may be just me, but as I’m out walking today in my retirement community, I see love everywhere I look. It’s in the old man patiently trailing behind a large dog who stumbles along, probably older (in dog years)…
Aging Voices - For the past 14 years, Darrell Rodenbaugh has played the lead in Scrooge – The Musical, an annual production by North Texas Performing Arts in Plano. The role is a marathon for 62-year-old Rodenbaugh: the company performs more than a…
Just Call Me ‘Whosis’ - I love words. I spend my days reading them, writing them and deeply appreciating them when someone else strings them together in a fresh and evocative way. So why do they so often elude me? Proper and improper names of…