Wisdom’s Source
AI vs. first-hand account
Youth Glorified, Elders Shamed
Today’s ads shape our view of aging
9 Harsh Realities of Being an 85-year-old Woman (or Man)
If you do love life, it stays lovable.
Our Unique Generation
Hi, All. What originally prompted me to start Aging in the Digital Age was the extraordinary lives those of us who are 65+ have lived, and I wanted to discuss both the positives and the negatives of our collective experience. Had the post I’m including in this post been written last summer, I would have […]
THEN VS. NOW
For me, the “good old days” have receded into a distant past that gets fainter as I get older. Were the good old days really better than now? Probably not, at least in a lot of ways. But there is one thing in particular about life now that irks me, and that is having to […]
Serendipity
New Year’s Eve is rapidly approaching as I write this blog for January, and I’ve been thinking about the tradition of reviewing the year in terms of its joys and sadnesses. I asked ChatGPT for its “opinion” of this tradition. I didn’t mention anything about older people, but here’s what it said. “Looking back to […]
The Good Old Days?
For me, one of the interesting things about getting older is that not only do I have my earlier life and times to analyze and reminisce about, but I also have contemporary society to compare it to. This was made vividly evident to me at the Winslett Thanksgiving dinner last week during which the family […]
Letters
Are letters more precious than emails?
Old Friends
Old friends are woven through the fabric of our entire lives.
Our Relationship with Technology
It seems to me that many older people feel left behind.