Are You an Oldie?
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'm a fan of The Oldie, a hilarious English magazine that is devoted to-- and mostly written by--older folks. Run by the gent who started the satirical periodical, Private Eye, this newer offering takes a fairly bracing approach to later ...
Elderism #40
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A reader from Hurst, TX named Lyn LaCava writes that her grandmother, Mama Ruey, who lived to age 87, had many Mama Ruey-isms, not the least of which was, "I wouldn't eat a coconut that rolled through her house."
Hello, Kenosha
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I'll soon be polluting the airwaves with semi-abandon--Wisconsin Public Radio this morning, and Studio 360 this weekend--so I thought I'd re-post some reviews of "How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This ...
How I Think Ralph Nader Will Spend His 75th Birthday Tomorrow
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »-Removing the candles from his birthday cake with hypoallergenic tongs -Hoping that the selection process re the Obama family pet has been "responsible" -Arguing for cumin's inclusion as the third-party condiment -Elder-blogging -Wondering, "2012?"
How to Celebrate Your 100th
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about how best to celebrate one's 100th birthday. A big question. My research has led me to a story that ran in London's Daily Mail two summers ago; the article opened, "An ...
Elderism #39
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Julian Barnes, in Nothing to Be Frightened Of: "Who can teach us to die? There are, by definition, no old pros around to talk--or walk--us through it."
L’s Bells
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I only just now found this lovely column by Oliver Burkeman about my book, "How to Live" yesterday, though it ran in the Guardian last weekend: my Google Alert has not been so, uh, alert of late. I'd like to tell ...
NPR’s “Books We Love”
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »A vibrant and garlicky review of "How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They are Still on this Earth)", from National Public Radio's "Books We Love" series, can be found here.
Elderism #38
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »81 year-old Italian actor and comedian Oreste Lionello passed away today in a Rome hospital after a long illness. Lionello achieved his greatest fame as a dubber of voices in American movies shown in Italy. A career as a dubber is ...
Elderism #37
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Writer and professor Manfred Wolf, in his new collection of essays and aphorisms, Almost a Foreign Country: "Many conversations are non-consensual."
