I was talking recently to a friend whose family member has just died after a long illness. My friend was… Read more trigger warning: death death death

On the bus the other day, something heavy fell to the floor beneath the senior citizen seats. A young woman… Read more armed

I wonder when we will look back on the last decades and ask how we could have gotten the problem… Read more weight

Yesterday two nice men, wearing thick overalls over green sweatshirts, appeared at my door. They were here to replace my… Read more my social life

Many of the students I taught in my long career had been raised to believe in “stranger danger.” In practice,… Read more talking to strangers

There is a test you’re supposed to do to see how you’re aging. It’s called “sit-to-stand” and involves setting a… Read more sit to stand