We know aging in place is the preferred living situation for older adults – over 80% of adults say they plan to live out their lives in their own homes. While aging in place has many benefits, it would be an understatement to say it has been hard this last year. Quarantine fatigue and social […]
2020 taught us many lessons about our healthcare system and rampant racial inequality in America. One of the biggest lessons learned: we need to take better care of older people who have suffered dreadfully from the pandemic. To date, approximately 40% of the people who’ve died from Covid-19 either lived in or worked at nursing […]
Source: It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults Originally Published on https://silverspacesblog.com/
Source: It’s the season: Considering tech gifts for older adults Originally Published on https://silverspacesblog.com/
This wasn’t supposed to be a big deal. I was in my doctor’s office for a short, quick visit getting a mole removed that looked “questionable”. He and I both agreed that this in-office procedure was more an insurance policy to be on the “safe side.” My doc was never more surprised then when he […]
One of the beautiful things about being a scientist and shaman, is that I get to interact with a wide range of personalities, people and places. One of my favorite experiences is being able to help folks with the Shamanistic Techniques I’ve learned from decades of study with Native Americans, Voodoo Priestesses and Shaolin Monks. […]
The box hit my outreached hands with a heavy thud. The 350 page document took me 2 years of 3am wake up calls to write. And now, the first Beta-Reader was done with the manuscript and, thus, begins the journey of criticism and edits to evolve the manuscript into a publishable book. Authors are used […]
As many of us have heard, there is nothing certain in life but Death and Taxes. This has been quite true for me and I have learned how to use such experiences of Death and Taxes to my personal advantage. I find joy in them. I have recently come out of 5 really rough life […]
As I was digging through files and paperwork for this year’s taxes, I stumbled upon a quote I had on a scrap of paper. It was from Helen Keller’s Autobiography that I had read over a decade before: “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish […]
This is my favorite part of decluttering my home. Cleaning my desk. After every book I write comes the process of trashing all the drafts, old notes and organizing my life after the completion of writing 50,000+ words into a manuscript. Today’s photo is my desk after two days of work clearing and filing. I […]
