Video games are growing in popularity with the older generation—in one study, older adults were asked to rank how often they used video games, and almost a third reported playing at least once a week, and over 17% reported playing every day. Although we sometimes think of video games as a “guilty pleasure”—a way to […]
Continue ReadingLucy would call her mom at least once a week, and usually more. Lucy had moved away from Daly City a few years ago, taking a job just outside Seattle. She liked it there, but the 12-hour drive meant she couldn’t get back to see her mom as often as she would like. Her parents […]
Continue ReadingRay and Bob were born less than six months apart, at the same hospital on the southside of Chicago in 1936. Their families lived across the courtyard from one another, and they were friends before either of them even knew what that meant. They played games together as children, and grew up together, separating only […]
Continue ReadingA solo voice cuts through the darkened theater, a powerful soprano that is soon joined by two more in perfect harmony. At the end of a line, their voices are picked up by others, at different registers, and then more: like a burst dam the voices come rushing forth, intermingling, a sea of individuals working […]
Continue ReadingWhen I was in high school, there was a sign at the end of the locker room, which we’d see as we were running out of the building toward the football field: “Pain Is Temporary. Pride Is Forever.” It’s one of those dumb and inspiring things you believe at 15, and it seemed true. Even […]
Continue ReadingI was very young when my grandfather began to reach the end of his life, but I could see how those really close to him began to take out and pore over old things he had: honors he had received in the war, a touching letter written by his colleagues about his work as a […]
Continue ReadingWhat do you want? What do you need? These are the questions at the heart of any human relationship, from parents struggling to interpret the strange cries and pleadings of their newborn to a couple on a first date wondering what alchemy of words and deeds and gestures will unlock the other’s affections to an […]
Continue ReadingOver the years you spend in your home, you develop a certain comfort with your surroundings, from your spice rack to your knick-knacks—even knowing exactly where to reach for the light switch in your dark bedroom. So, it’s no surprise that nearly 90 percent of adults would prefer to age at home. With the advancement […]
Continue ReadingLauren’s mom died in late summer, leaving her father a widower, and living alone for the first time since he got out of the Navy after Vietnam. In the first flow of grief and sympathy, relatives and friends brought over food, as people do. People from the church made casseroles. Soups and stews filled his […]
Continue ReadingThe word ergonomics comes from the Greek words “ergon” (work), and “nomoi” (natural laws)—it’s the science of making our environment work well with the ‘laws’ set by our body and its physical capabilities. But as we get older, the ‘laws’ that our body sets start to change, and that alters the way we work, see, […]
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