Our Lives Entwined With Others
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Our Lives Entwined With Others

When you live a life, under any name, that life becomes entwined with others. You leave a trail of potential consequences…

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My Heart Is In My Home
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My Heart Is In My Home

What if together we reshape, expand, and add on to the idea of the homemaker? A homemaker is anyone whose heart is in their home…

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Are Older Women Wiser?
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Are Older Women Wiser?

Wisdom is one of the guiding themes behind Ageless Possibilities. What does that mean? It means I am a seeker of wisdom…

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Snippets of Wisdom
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Snippets of Wisdom

The word quodophile is not in the dictionary. Yet, along with thousands of others, I am a quodophile, a lifetime collector of quotes…

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October Reflections
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October Reflections

I woke to The Sometimes Newsletter, whimsical, random musings from Ella Frances Sanders. She wrote about things that were true for her last October that appear to remain true this October; and things that are more recently true. I curled up in my office to do the same…

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An Accumulation of Little Things
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An Accumulation of Little Things

My response to a family emergency, a cancer diagnosis, or a friend suddenly on her own? I am calm and reliable…but the accumulation of little things exhausts me; all I want to do is hibernate until everything is resolved.

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The Stories of Our Mothers and Fathers
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The Stories of Our Mothers and Fathers

It all started with photographs. Recently I was told that if you hold down a live photo, your iPhone records what happened 1.5 seconds before and after you took the picture. Earlier this week, I suddenly thought, do I have live photos of my mother?

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Women Like Me
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Women Like Me

Belonging is a feeling of connectedness, a sense of being part of something. You feel accepted; there is a synergy with your people. But it is more than that…

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Falling Into the Past
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Falling Into the Past

In autumn, the days grow shorter, the light is suffused, and summer’s abundance decays. Faced with this inevitability, what does nature do in autumn?

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The Music of Mentoring
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The Music of Mentoring

As elders, we know - or should know - that we have gifts to offer the young. In many cases, we’ve been there…

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The Weight of Grief
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The Weight of Grief

Carol, an old friend of my parents, is the marriage commissioner here on the island. She married my oldest daughter and her partner at an intimate ceremony on our property this past Saturday.

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Pursuing Passions Later in Life
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Pursuing Passions Later in Life

Every day I read stories of women pursuing passions later in life. I am fascinated by the endeavours they embark on, and the motivation behind their pursuits.

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Ageless Friendships
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Ageless Friendships

My youngest friend is 51 years old, and my oldest friend is 78. I fall somewhere in the middle, at 63. My longest friendship started in grade three…

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You Look Good For Your Age
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You Look Good For Your Age

Old age is not a disease. It is not a pathology. It is not abnormal. It is not a problem. Old age is a continuum, and everyone is on it…

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Breathless With Wonder
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Breathless With Wonder

Do you walk through life with a sense of wonder? Has age impeded or assisted your sense of wonder? How has the location of awe changed for you over time? Has it shifted from the stars to the woods?

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Now I Become Myself
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Now I Become Myself

I woke up this morning to a Facebook memory from 2012, ten years ago. I am standing by the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi, the last stop on my solo adventure to Thailand. Look at that smile on my face!…

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