Don’t Let Age Stop You
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief What does it mean to have lived many years? How do people see those with…
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Smashing Stereotypes
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Often, in the collective imagination, people who reach 60 or 65— the traditional age of retirement—disappear into a kind of black hole where everyone has the same status: old. Yet between 60 and 82 (the…
The Quiet Strength of Widows
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief In her interview with journalist Caroline Fortin (Good Times, January-February 2025), author Louise Penny—whose books’…
Shelters Large and Small
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief One warm and beautiful October morning, David looks out his bedroom window and sees the…
Retirement: A Time for Rebirth
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief You may or may not be counting the days, but you’ve almost certainly pondered your…
Love and Dementia — and Robots
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Over the coming years, Canada’s population will be getting older, and the number of people—our…
Being Wrong Can Be Right
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Made a mistake recently? Guess what? It’s okay. Better yet, being wrong can put you...in…
Learning to Embrace Change
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Change. It’s an ordinary word—but one that can sometimes (often) set nerves jangling. Faced with…
Hands Across the Generations
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief We’ve often mentioned in these pages the importance of intergenerational bonds: without the experience of…
Gratitude Is Contagious
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Every year, a group of friends gets together to celebrate their friendship (43 years as…
