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Teri Greeves was born into a world of beads. “I was brought home in a fully beaded cradleboard,” she said at her home studio in Santa Fe, N.M. “I had a fully beaded diaper bag. I had beaded moccasins before I could walk.” Read more
Last Saturday, I was covered in dirt, my back ached, the scream of a trillion cicadas rang in my ears, and, despite my best efforts, a sunburn was developing on the back of my neck. Read more
At 87, Pat Seftel has a thought to share about almost everything. Read more
Everyone feels lonely from time to time — after, say, a move to a new school or city, when a child leaves for college or after the loss of a spouse. Read more
It’s Friday night. Sara and Lee Stein are leaving their home to meet her mother and stepfather, Abby and Bob Millhauser, for an early dinner. Read more
The four adult children were in agreement. Their father, William Curry, a retired electrical engineer and business executive, was sinking deeper into dementia. Read more
The popularity of pickleball has exploded in the past few years, and according to a recent report, so have injuries attributed to the relatively new sport. Read more
Conjunctivitis, better known as pink eye, is an inflammation of the lining of the eyelid and eyeball. The most noticeable symptom is an irritated pink or red eye. Read more
When Surgeon General Vivek Murthy went on a nationwide college tour last fall, he started to hear the same kind of question time and again: How are we supposed to connect with one another when nobody talks anymore? Read more
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A study from 2020 found the number of Americans age 65 and older who smoke marijuana or enjoy edibles increased 75% from 2015 to 2018. A newer study suggests that might be a good thing for some. Read more
hen it comes to aging, we tend to assume that cognition gets worse as we get older. Our thoughts may slow down or become confused, or we may start to forget things, like the name of our high school English teacher or what we meant to buy at the grocery store. Read more
America is facing a looming retirement crisis, according to a recent Business Insider report. Many older adults are financially vulnerable and live off less than $30,000 a year. Read more
When it came to housing, Susan Apel and Keith Irwin thought they had planned adroitly for later life. They bought a four-bedroom house on 2 acres in Lebanon, N.H., 24 years ago, and “we made sure to pay off the mortgage before we retired,” said Apel, 71. Read more
What does ambition look like at 90? How do you explain the drive that makes people like Giorgio Armani, fully in command of his global design empire as he approaches his 10th decade, tick? Read more
At his day job, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. uses high-tech software to create visual effects for movies such as “Happy Feet” and “The Matrix Revolutions.” But in his free time, he prefers working with a decidedly less sophisticated medium: discarded gum wrappers. Read more
When Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit her 60s, she was struck by a realization: She wanted to hear from the old ladies. Read more
On a visit to the former battlefield of Khe Sanh, the scene of one of the bloodiest standoffs of the Vietnam War, the only people Chuck Searcy encountered on the broad, barren field were two young boys who led him to an unexploded rocket lying by a ditch. Read more
For most of his 100 years, John Gleeson has loved to fly, and he still gets to feel the wind beneath his wings as he glides over the North Shore every now and then. Read more
Martha Barnes’ home was buzzing. It was a Saturday in little Beaufort, N.C., time to get ready for the town’s Mardi Gras parade, and women were zigzagging around the house, applying makeup, laughing and calling out repeatedly for the Fireball Cinnamon Whisky sitting on the kitchen counter. Read more
At 10 a.m. Fridays, Richard Bement and Zach Ahmed sign on to their weekly video chat. Read more
When Hayao Miyazaki was contemplating whether he would come out of retirement in 2016, he put together a curiously self-critical proposal. Read more
