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Breaking down, breaking through

Age creeps up on us. It’s not fair! We start noticing little aches and pains in our 50s maybe, get used to them and accept them as part of our reality. We can still do most activities, so it...

DATE: Apr 28, 2026 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Elder finances – what is enough?

Money is just like everything else, impermanent. It comes and it goes just like joys and sorrows, winter and summer, sun and rain, war and peace, and even ourselves. What is enough? Do I rea...

DATE: Mar 31, 2026 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Face uncertainty, live intentionally and plan thoughtfully

Leafing through my Final Exit Network quarterly publication, I came to an article by a man with beginning stage Alzheimer’s disease. This man is all for having a meaningful life for his rema...

DATE: Feb 25, 2026 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Wintering: A sense of retreat, repose and repair

The activities leading up to solstice and Christmas were very fun. Wonderful, sacred music, good friends and margaritas, cookies and special foods, and some quieter tea times with close frie...

DATE: Jan 28, 2026 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Aging, the most powerful teacher of all

There are many moments of considerable learning as we wander this path called aging. It seems like every day there’s another issue to fuel our journey. Signs that let us know our time is fin...

DATE: Dec 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

The holidays: Tyranny (and hope?) to the max!

Early November I’m pretty bummed about the world right now. The recent ICE abduction of the father and his two kids Oct. 27 feels like we’re in a police state. The climate is crashing with s...

DATE: Dec 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

A complicated, yet endearing family

I’m just home from celebrating the life of a dear friend and ex-sister-in-law. Her huge family included me in taking part in the scattering of her ashes up north in the mountains, as my son ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Psychedelics and the fear of dying

Have you noticed that people seem to be more open to talking and learning about death? In recent years, people have been exposed to a significant increase in death education. They are more a...

DATE: Oct 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

A summer of loss and letting go ...

It has been a summer of loss for me. Loss of friends I love, loss of strength from an injured shoulder, loss of time at the lake and in my garden, and even perhaps the loss of our democracy....

DATE: Sep 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Summer 2025: The paradox of joy and suffering

Ah ... summer’s here. It’s time to loosen up our clothing, loosen up our time, lift our hearts, allow for some good and fun times. It seems like in the winter, we are more bound up, in our b...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Too many doctor appointments, too little time

Most of us have fairly good health care here. It may feel inadequate sometimes, or too expensive, or hard to get into the doctor we would like to see, but compared to most of the world, I am...

DATE: May 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Elders doing what we can during this unsettled time

I’ve recently been to a couple of Indivisible meetings and some protest marches downtown in reaction to what’s going on in Washington, D.C. There are so many elders at these happenings. At f...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging