We’re cooking up some Halloween fun at Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age and we need you to make it happen. In this week’s writing prompt, Robin James asks writers to share a scary legend or spooky memory. We will publish your written responses to the prompt and we will also be looking for the best creepy tale to include in our Halloween podcast episode. For all the instructions on how to be part of the Halloween fun, read the full prompt.
In the new podcast episode that dropped today, we’re also talking about skeletons but with a different frame of reference.
We’re pleased to have as our guest Dr. Alan Beyer, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. He talks with host Jan M Flynn about heading off osteoporosis, what to do if joint pain starts limiting your life, and his journey through his own hip replacement. Listen to the podcast here.
Meanwhile, many Crow’s Feet writers and readers are dealing with their own aches and pains (editors like me, too!) and we start off this week’s digest with three stories about knee health and workout techniques that can slow physical decline.
Our Stories
Camping and a Challenging Hike Made My Cranky Knees Hurt Less. It’s the opposite of what I anticipated. By Alison Gee
Overcoming Resistance to Resistance Training During My 60s. Tips from someone who hates working out but does it anyway. By Charles Bastille
3 Of The Biggest Mistakes People Over 60 Make When Trying To Lose Weight But Maintain Muscle. I blame our metabolism. It’s got a lot to answer for. By Glyn Bawden
One of the practices that can bring pleasure as we age is to look back and recall the adventures we had when we were younger. In the next three stories, you’ll read about the mundane, everyday experiences that now resonate with nostalgia as well as those moments that made us sweat with fear as youngsters that have become laughable.
Things I Miss as a Gen-Xer That Make Me Sound Like an Old Lady. How aging creeps up and we become our parents. By Not Even Wine With Dinner
Weekly Trek with Three Dimes and a Nickel. Three siblings weekly five-mile bike ride to a country store. By Don Denoncourt
I Was a Teenage Reprobate. Bad decisions and staying one step ahead of the law in the 1980s. By Mike Scarpiello
And now for practical guidance on Medicare from Mel Schlesinger. Medicare Open Enrollment begins October 15 and ends December 7.
What You Need to Know About Medicare Open Enrollment 2025. Changes they are a coming. By Mel Schlesinger
In this week’s penultimate piece, we share a philosophical question. What if you really knew when you would die? Todd Castor tells us about apps that try to do that in the story Did I Really Want to Know My Death Date? And can I change my fate?
We end with an update from Canadian Catherine Oceano, who has signed on as a cook on a vessel sailing out of the Arctic. She writes from the remote village of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut as she explores the ship and prepares for the voyage. Read A Retirement Gig on A Vessel in the Arctic? I couldn’t have imagined it, but here I am.
I hope you have a great week and enjoy these stories and many more published daily on Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age.
— Nancy Peckenham, Editor
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