By Alexis Cunningham • I find myself asking: What is it I need to know about how to “hold” my body as it ages? The answer? Be gentle with this body that has carried me for this length of time. I notice that, as they age, some people stop appreciating what their body can do. They often […]
Since the mid-1990s, there has been a growing movement toward helping people deal with grief. As the population grows and the baby boomers age, more people everywhere are facing death. Or refusing to face it, as the case may be. Enter grief guide Stephen Jenkinson, who teaches how to live and die well. Jenkinson provides relief […]
By Robert Roth • This post is excerpted from “Book of Pieces“. “Book of Pieces” is a combination of fiction, personal/political prose, an interview, a libretto and some poetry. The first piece was written in the late ’70s, when Roth was 37. The last in 2016 at 72. • My mother at 89 pounds, dehydrated, […]
By Cheryl Marita • I put a note in my bottle today, the same note that I sent to my granddaughter in college. I believe it is a philosophy that may help us as we deal with aging and death. It is the Zen teaching of “beginner’s mind.” I’ve never been 73 before, and that […]