Imagine my chagrin. In my high school days (oh my – that was over 70 years ago!) I thought I invented a word.
Over the next four weeks, we have invited guests to review books that impact our aging population. Celebrating our Ruth Frost Parker Symposium on October 11, I begin the..
Aging’s Best Kept Secret: The RFPCAA Symposium What do a nationally renowned speaker on technology and aging, a team of researchers from The Ohio State University, an..
Technology and aging are not usually things that people think about in the same sentence. And yet, technology is already drastically improving the lives of many older..
MY MOM’S STORY My mom was born in Ohio but moved to Indiana the summer before her third-grade year commenced. In their community in Indiana, my grandparents maintained..
George Gerschwin’s Summertime invites the listener to appreciate the gentle wonder and fullness of each new day. “Then you'll spread your wings, and you'll take to the..
Summer and Music Hearing Ella Fitzgerald’s smoky voice croon George Gershwin’s “Summertime” from the opera Porgy and Bess evokes the warmth and joy of summer. “One of..
I was born in West Virginia. As a young boy, I would lie in my bed at night and listen to the towboats blow their whistles as they entered the curve on the Ohio River at..
There are signs and markers of summer everywhere these days. For some, school begins just days away. For others, vacation is still ahead. And for many, the routines of..
If You’re Not Getting Older… I was widowed at a young age. Before his death, my husband was subject to his younger brothers’ teasing about getting older. As soon as he..
