Is Sixty Too Old to Climb a New Mountain? When I was 60 years old, seven of us decided to climb Blue Mountain in the Adirondacks. I’d done it before and wasn’t too enthusiastic, but here was a challenge. Could I still do it? Rock climbing isn’t my favorite activity, but what else would I do that day? Sit at home and read aContinue reading “Is Sixty Too Old to Climb a New Mountain?”
DEAR PARKLAND Dear Parkland…and all the others: There’s a peculiar notion afoot that only survivors and experts can write about important issues, but I take exception to that. I was not present in Parkland or in Sandy Hook and have never seen up close a child bleeding to death with a gaping wound from a paramilitary firearm,Continue reading “DEAR PARKLAND”
IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: 64 YEARS OF MARRIAGE friends Kit and Julian were married for 64 years. When Kit died after years of decline from Alzheimer’s, their friends wondered how Julian would manage. At her memorial service I couldn’t stop the tears when I embraced him, a prince of a man. Julian took care of Kit at home until it became too muchContinue reading “IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: 64 YEARS OF MARRIAGE”
IS SIXTY TOO OLD TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN? When I was sixty, seven of us decided to climb Blue Mountain in the Adirondacks. I’d done it before and wasn’t too enthusiastic—climbing mountains does not bring me joy— but here was a challenge. Could I still do it? What better to do on that particular day? Our group assembled at the trailhead: four adults,Continue reading “IS SIXTY TOO OLD TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN?”
Lament of a Modern American Woman – please join the choir Today, American men are sitting in the waiting room while the women give birth to a new nation.
Why Yoga? The body is a giant signal of well-being, and doing yoga gives it a way to send that signal loud and clear.
After 70, be like an athlete The question is not “Do I have arthritis,” because everybody has arthritis. The question is “Does your arthritis hurt?”
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: Part Two The healing period, and some advice. A snapshot of the aftercare and recovery from organ prolapse surgery, and some advice and suggestions for others.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse surgery: One patient's experience 200,000 American women per year who have surgery for pelvic organ prolapse