Podcasts

A boy’s view of old age

May 30, 2023

A boy’s view of extreme old age: honest, unemotional, and believable.

I am inspired by women and men in their 90s. In very old age, they seem to be true to themselves. I interviewed 12 nonagenarians early this year. As I listen again to their voices, I am still charmed by how different they are from each other and how thoroughly individual. They always were individuals, […]

Aging beauty — instant poem

October 12, 2022

Inspired by an old wooden fence I sing in praise of older humans also

Waist not, want not—reframing fat in the middle

June 28, 2022

Once I had a waist. Now I don’t have a waist, and I am programmed to perceive that as ugly. Why must we hate our new shape? Why must we struggle for the impossible?

Trish Harris makes a bold suggestion: a royal wheelchair

May 30, 2022

I can’t help myself. I have to share a link to an article by Trish Harris on Queen Elizabeth’s intermittent problems of mobility. It’s funny but very serious too. She really made me think about what is implied by the language we use around disability and assistive devices like wheelchairs… or glasses or hearing aids […]