LETTER


Aging is a universal phenomenon we all grapple with in some form from the moment we are born.
This universality means that the exploration of life as we age has got a lot of people talking, and writing. Here’s a look at the poetry, fiction and essays we published on Crow’s Feet this week.

In her poem, Checking the Blind Spot, Helen Bartley observes that looking back, she chooses what to see.
We welcome a piece of fiction by Barbara Henslee that smacks of reality: Katie Deals with Ageism.
Michelle Monet’s got her eye on a creative dude who blossomed later in life. He Says He’s Finally At His True Potential at Age 78!
In her first piece for Crow’s Feet, Marie A. Bailey reveals the creative ways she has coped with graying hairs in Hair To Dye For.
Eric Guisinger, another first-timer on Crow’s Feet, provides some practical health advice in Cholesterol, Statins, Inflammation and Red Yeast Rice.
Mark Kelly is offering his first piece on CF as well. He writes about Ageism in Silicon Valley.
Zoe Berry offers an exercise routine to get moving as we age in What Exercise Can Do to Your Ageing Body.
Anna I Smith does some soul searching after a bad diagnosis gave her a scare in You are dying, he said
Ann Litts reflects back on a recent illness and welcomes her mojo back in Magic Mojo. Ann also discloses that her home could become mobile in a heartbeat because she is, in essence, a Vagabond.
Julia E. Hubbel looks at the stuff that surrounds her and finds a life lesson in The Cost of Clutter. At the same time, she finds that it takes love to find The Perfect Gift and she describes how being “so full of gratitude that if you died right here, right now, it would have been enough” in Happiest.
Julia also writes about how she protects painful injuries in Why Bother? and, in a separate piece, When the Body Beautiful Fails Us, Julia acknowledges that we don’t always have control over what happens to our body, no matter how hard we try.
In fact, Julia has about had it with “miraculous” supplements and false promises as she describes in Stop Already.
In her final piece of the week, Julia investigates why we have a hard time finding photos of older women pumping iron and discovers (surprise!) ageist stereotypes. We Exist.
Nalini MacNab’s explores her reaction to a new, youthful wave of protest in Watching the New Waves.
Finally, I discovered the Oh Boomer mood trending in the US and found some good reasons for finding fault with the boomer legacy. OK Boomer Wake-up Call.
In a tribute to my mother on her 102nd birthday, I write that her longevity depends most on her attitude. Life at 102.
Thanks for reading!
Nancy Peckenham, Editor

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