by Joan Allen | Apr 29, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
The Dynamic Aging community includes a lot of writers, many of whom grace the essays in this magazine with interesting tales of their lives and adventures. But in communications with our already-published authors – and other folks – it’s clear these...
by Cami McLaren | Apr 22, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
When I was growing up, I loved language. I remember reading James Herriot and how beautifully he described the life of a veterinarian. And A Tale of Two Cities in the 9th grade launched my love of great literature. When I reached college, my love of writing and...
by Beth K. Tucker | Apr 8, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
Neighbors, friends, and even the mailman ask me why I’m traveling 9,260 miles from home this winter, enduring at least, if lucky, a 22-hour flight followed by a grueling five-hour car ride to travel the last 100 miles to the village where I stay in Bali,...
by Elinor Dempsey | Mar 25, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
My first thought as I awake each morning is often “I wonder how the surf is today?” At 45, I was late to start surfing but was hooked the moment I took my first wave. I feel lucky that I live in Los Osos on the Central California Coast, close to the ocean and just a...
by Cindy Rasicot | Mar 11, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I did not move to Thailand in 2005 looking for a spiritual teacher. It simply happened. In the summer of 2005, my husband, 13-year-old son, and I relocated from our suburban home in Northern California to Bangkok for my husband’s job. Although excited to be living in...
by Joan Allen | Mar 4, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
As I was reading through some recently published stories in the Magazine last week, it struck me that many are the beginnings of a memoir – maybe mini-memoirs – focusing on bits and pieces of the author’s lives. All pretty fascinating stuff. I imagine beneath the...
by and Don Fay | Feb 26, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
It’s rather common knowledge that past age 90 or even before, one is in the realm of “patch up.” This includes eating and drinking more carefully, and dealing with various infirmities that seem to clock in regularly with age. I’m in that category at 96+ but besting it...
by Kimberly Paternoster | Feb 20, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
This year I’m celebrating 50 years as journalist and writer. That’s not to brag. It’s to underscore what those years have taught me –– that everyone has a story. That includes you. My experience is people who may believe their story or life isn’t...
by Carol Lettko | Feb 12, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I have had a fulfilling career as a speech and language pathologist for the past 40 plus years. As my husband climbed the corporate ladder and our family moved around the country to meet opportunities for him, I was always able to continue to follow my passion and...
by Caron Grossman | Jan 29, 2024 | Dynamic Aging, Magazine
I remember like it was yesterday, but it was 46 years ago. At 13 years old, I watched my 39-year-old mother die of a heart attack. Even at that age, I heard from someone, somewhere, that women’s symptoms present differently than men when having a heart attack. I...
