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Searching for Home: Ten Years In Colorado

by Robin Salcido | Jun 17, 2020 | Adventure, Aging, Celebrations, Relocations | 0 |

Boulder was a mad love affair those first few months. My eyes glowed with the love I felt for that...

Adventures Closer to Home

by Robin Salcido | Jun 9, 2020 | Adventure, Aging, Celebrations, Coronavirus | 0 |

This was an adventure because after a few months of lock down even our rare drives to the...

Letters from Renée: Snapshots of an Earlier Time

by Renée Levine | May 15, 2020 | Aging, Change, Letters from Renee, Loss, Relationships, Relocations | 0 |

I have asked myself millions of times: “How could she give birth to a child, take on a lover and...

Colleen O’Laughlin Talks About Age, Bodies, and Acceptance

by Robin Salcido | Apr 24, 2020 | Acceptance, Aging, Change, Conversations, Transitions | 0 |

I don’t think my former body is coming back, at least not without sacrifices that seem just a bit...

Letters from Renée: Settling Emotional Debt

by Renée Levine | Apr 17, 2020 | Aging, Change, Coronavirus, Guest Post, Letters from Renee, Loss, Relationships | 0 |

I had the subject of taxes on my mind a month ago or so, but not in financial terms so much as from the side of emotional debt and emotional credits. Given my age of just around the corner from my 95th birthday, I wanted to feel...

The Art of Worry: Give Me a Moment

by Robin Salcido | Mar 31, 2020 | Aging, Loss, Transitions | 0 |

I cried because my immediate thought was, “how long before I see my granddaughter...

The Streets of My Home: Louisville, Colorado

by Robin Salcido | Mar 30, 2020 | Aging, Change, Loss, Uncategorized | 0 |

I love my home. The pure magnitude of businesses affected by Covid-19 is devastating and...

Letters from Renée: Another Day At The Crossings

by Renée Levine | Mar 28, 2020 | Aging, Letters from Renee | 0 |

My daughter just called – she usually does toward the end of the day, this time to tell me she had spent the day digging up this and replacing that, moving some shrubs and finally sewing some new seed for the thinner spots in...