By Alice Herb     I never thought I would outlive the careful network of friends, professionals, and other important people I assembled over the years. I am now in the uncomfortable role of creating a new network of these vital connections. What am I talking about? I don’t want…

By Louise Applebome (Photo by Elisabeth Luse)   I don’t think I would be going out on a limb if I said the world has gone mad.    Few could deny the vitriol and violence being slung about in the political realm. Disinformation,  misinformation and out and out lies run…

By Bonnie Hagen   A common misconception about older adults is that they must be depressed or anxious simply because they’ve gotten older. This is certainly not true of most seniors. Surveys report that most are happy and content in their lives. But it is true that older adults face…

By Louise Applebome   I previously wrote about some uncharacteristic health questions/problems I was experiencing last month.   Bottom line: My system was out of balance. I was not feeling like myself.    One possible, but not convincing, explanation was that I had post-COVID symptoms. The skepticism was partly due…

By Mary Fridley   Whenever I tell people I’m a developmentalist, they most often look at me with a polite but blank stare. I understand their confusion – after all, the word development is used in many different ways – so let me say what I don’t mean by development….

By Alice Herb   Recently, I discovered something truly amazing. My mind runs miles ahead of my body. Completely out of sync. I came to that conclusion when I realized that I was constantly frustrated because I was never able to do what I planned to do on a given…