by Kimberly Paternoster | Nov 4, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
This edition of the Magazine marks two years of publishing compelling stories about people doing extraordinary things, overcoming daunting challenges or just sharing what a fully lived life looks like as we all choose to dynamically age. When Joan, Willis, Sylvia and...
by Michael Fitzgerald | Oct 2, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
The NY Times Book Review recently featured what it called, The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. That’s so far, of course. There’s a lot of century left. But as well read as I feel I am, I noted I had read just a fraction of the 100 deemed...
by Kimberly Paternoster and Michael Fitzgerald | Jul 7, 2024 | Editors' Notebook
As winter slowly turned to spring this year, my wife and I rearranged the furniture in our upper-story living area so chairs and couches face the river, turning our backs to the 70-inch television we watched through long, rainy Oregon nights. We were immediately...
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 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 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...
