What Stories Are We Telling About Getting Old?
Dispatches from the Longevity Innovations in Higher Education Summit
I'm sitting in the Lifelong Learning Auditorium at Mirabella
The Weight Doesn't Lighten
Veterans, Aging, and the Wars We Keep Fighting
As I write this, the United States and Israel have launched what
The Feed That Forgot Us
Enshittification, Elders, and the Social Media We Deserve
There is a word I keep coming back to. It is not
"Do something outrageous every day!” From Gray Panthers to the Present - Elders on the Frontlines
I keep seeing them when I close my eyes—the elders in sunhats and sensible shoes, flood of silver hair
Colds, flus, and the long winter of our bodies
Last Wednesday, also known as Christmas Eve, I was part of the Commons annual Tamalada, or community holiday tamale making
The Space Between Care and Home
Companion Living as an Emerging Social Technology of Aging
I’ve been thinking lately about a space that doesn’t
Story Work and Aging in an Era of Artificial Intimacy
“Intellectual intimacy is the space where two minds meet—where curiosity sparks, ideas deepen, and understanding grows beyond the surface.
Wandering into the Fields of Funny: On Humor, Health, and Aging
Mel Brooks used to crack that the secret to longevity is simple: “Keep breathing.” Then he’d take a beat,
Die Wise, Tell True: Where the Stories We Carry Shape Our Endings
“Why not talk about it when we’re in the flower of health? Life is finite, isn’t it? So,
Senior Centers and the Art of Aging Together
Down the river from me is the Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center on Alto Street (aka MEG). I’ve walked
