When you think about downsizing your home and relocating, there’s a word that probably comes to mind: yecch. The process can be time-consuming, agonizing, frustrating and just plain sad. But, as the new public television series The Legacy List shows (c… Continue reading
Last November, Ed Harris, 69, took over the role of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway; his predecessor, Jeff Daniels, is 64. Andre De Shields, 73, won a Tony Award in 2019 for his role in the Broadway musical Hadestown. And previous T… Continue reading
If you are on Instagram, chances are good that you’ve come across Silver Disobedience (@SilverDisobedience) blog posts featuring model and 50+ influencer Dian Griesel. In fact, you may be one of her 167,000 followers. In images shot in multiple locatio… Continue reading
My husband’s mother, Rebecca Frank Rikleen, celebrated her 96th birthday on Halloween, but likely did not have a lot of time for festivities. Most days, she walks down the steep hill behind the rent-controlled New York City apartment where she’s lived … Continue reading
Perhaps it was good fortune that turned our children into creative individuals, but I’d like to think my spouse and I had a hand in it, too. Here are our 10 words of wisdom for parents, as well as for grandparents: 1. Encourage. My relationship with ou… Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: PBS will air the premiere of QUILTS, a new episode of the Peabody-Award winning series Craft in America, on Friday, December 27, 2019. Check local listings for details.) It’s Friday afternoon at Senior Court, a public housing complex in… Continue reading
Stories about retirement and unretirement are perennially popular on Next Avenue; readers are always curious about just what the transition, or “graduation,” to a new phase of life will hold. Sometimes, the answer is: “Not what was expected.” In this s… Continue reading
On a chilly Monday in New York City, legendary dancer and choreographer Jacques d’Amboise and I meet in his cramped, book-strewn office at the National Dance Institute (NDI). We go back a long way. In the early ’70s, when the dance boom made household … Continue reading
You could say that an obituary is the definitive “origin story.” Short or long, it’s a commemorative piece of writing that offers a story of a life from beginning to end. For Mo Rocca, it’s the details, which he says can be “either mundane or prophetic… Continue reading
Loneliness. Aging. Empathy. Josh Kornbluth, a storyteller whose work positions him at the intersection of art and science, explores these crucial topics in “Citizen Brain,” a series of engaging short videos about what current research in brain health c… Continue reading