by Alice Lowe
At 79, she proudly claims and defends the word “old.” Further, there are no such things as “senior moments”; we all, at any age, forget where we left our keys or glasses now and then. Continue reading
Category Archives: Nonfiction
Beginner’s Mind: Q&A with DJ Lauren Bufferd on the Mixtape Aesthetic
by Lisa Peet
“There’s a part of me that’s all about the accidental find—you go to a museum to see one thing, and then you see something else and you’re amazed by it.” Continue reading
Essays / Features / Nonfiction
Happy 10th Birthday, Bloom!
by Lisa Peet
Celebrating youth has been around as long as people have been counting candles, and it hasn’t fallen out of vogue yet. But I see more respect out there for older creators than I did 10 years ago. Continue reading
Essays / Features / Nonfiction
An Overgrown Life
We planted the flower beds next to our front door with weeds—a small act of aggression, perhaps. Milkweed and Joe Pye Weed, host plants to several kinds of butterflies, flourished there. Continue reading
Essays / Features / Nonfiction
Younger: Uncoupling Age from Aging by Paulette Kamenecka
by Paulette Kamenecka
I came to think of myself as a traveler who’d picked up a pack of diseases through miscalculation or poor judgment—drinking the water in a place I shouldn’t have. Continue reading
Away Game: Marcia DeSanctis on Travel, Movement, and Finding the Thread
by Lisa Peet
“There’s an essay in my book from one of the most unglamorous places in the world, Waterbury, Connecticut, but I love it. I think you can find wonder and mystery everywhere. I think you can experience newness anywhere.” Continue reading
Maud Newton on Ancestors, Imaginative Spirituality, and Old School Blogging
by Lisa Peet
“It was a tricky balance for me to go into this in a receptive spirit, and to find what might work for me in this way of looking at the relationship between the living family and the dead family.” Continue reading
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