I smile as I think about one of my senior friends, Marlene, driving her car toward our favourite coffee-house. She’ll be speeding just a little—not as much as she used to, though. I’m already sitting at our favourite table, with my cup of black, no sugar, no cream, in front… Read More »Senior Friends—a Meet-up with Marlene
We seniors have been blessed with an abundance of years. In our western culture, that means an abundance of Christmases. We have the perspective to look back and observe how Christmas has changed for us. In our grandparents’ time, everyone was included at Christmas and Hanukkah; grandparents, aunts, uncles and… Read More »The Joys of Christmas As We Age
You’ve all seen them: the headlines, the advertising and articles designed to make you buy into the idea that aging is bad, and the boomer generation must stay young forever. Sixty is the new forty! You’re not getting older, you’re getting better! 15 ways to look and feel younger! Five… Read More »No Virginia, Sixty is NOT the New Forty
Do you, as a Pre-Boomer or Boomer, find yourself doing something you suddenly realize can be bad for you? Like snacking instead of making a balanced meal, sitting on the couch reading or doing paper work instead of going for a walk, watching television late into the evening—habits that conspire… Read More »Seniors-A Check-up Your Doctor Can’t Do
As a Boomer or Pre-Boomer, who is 65 and over, you are more conscious of your health and well-being than ever before. Gone are the days when you over-indulged in food and alcohol, when you took reckless chances with your safety, and when you ignored your body’s need for exercise.… Read More »Boomers Over 65, But Not Over the Hill
It’s no secret that the young don’t see us. To them, we are invisible. We don’t turn up in magazines and newspapers, we are absent in television programs and news reports, and we are seldom featured in movies. Life goes on around us, but we are increasingly not present in… Read More »If Nobody Sees Us, Are We Still Here?
When you experience a loss, it changes you. You can adapt to it, you can absorb it and move on—or you can dwell on it and become embittered.
As you age, losses come in many guises, a friend or loved one may die, you might lose your financial power, or you might lose your independence. These losses are major, and your recovery may require considerable effort, such as going for counselling or retreating from life for a while.
My research for this post took me to Cassini, Dior, Balenciaga, Chanel, and back to Cassini. Images for the fashions we wore as young women in the 1950s just don’t resonate accurately with the pictures I see in historical references to the designers. Long before we saw the fashions, we… Read More »From Runway to Real Life
Today The Heiress seems such a simple story— a Harlequin romance, without the feel-good ending—but at the time, it got my attention, and I remembered it for decades. The movie was filmed in 1949, but didn’t reach the northern Canadian community where I lived until I was thirteen, in 1952. … Read More »“The Heiress”, Smash Hit of 1949
The first sign of impending old age, and it’s twin, Alzheimer’s, the pundits say, is the tendency of older people to put less effort into their social network. “Mum doesn’t go out much anymore”, adult children worry, “Her circle of friends is getting smaller and smaller.” It could be her… Read More »Culling Your Relationships As You Age
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