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• Our Family Dog Crossed the Rainbow Bridge This Spring

  

  My favorite photo of Bolt, taken April 2020b. June 2007 - d. April 2025Trigger warning. Description of a dog slipping into frailty and then going to the vet... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• More Community Building

  

  Photo by Wren aka KDAMy WOTY (word of the year) for 2024 was "Community." However, I am still very focused on connecting with people in my new county. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Dementia: Personal Experience

  

  Image by Abhijit Bhaduri via Creative Commons When I was pursuing my master's program in gerontology between 2010 and 2013, I decided to focus on issue of... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Cognitive Overload

  

  Photo by Michael Reutervia Creative CommonsA few months after I moved from Indiana to Utah, I started carrying a clear, plastic stadium purse? Why? I kept losin... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Tom Lake: Book Review

  

  Published 1 Aug 2023Oh, Tom Lake was a quiet yet powerful narrative. I am crying softly because Ann Patchett did such a good job weaving together characters,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Word of the Year: Meek

  

  Image by BrayDawgvia Creative CommonsInstead of making New Year's resolutions, I choose a word of the year. (Here is an explanation.) This year I have selected... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Happy 13th Blogoversary

  

  Image by eflon via Creative CommonsI started my blog on aging thirteen years ago today. I realize that Instagram and TikTok are becoming more popular among the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2025 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 2024 Top Ten Posts

  

  Photo by Andre' Hofmeistervia Creative CommonsAnother year is coming to a close, so I am looking in the rearview mirror once again. In 2024, I wrote and... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Swimming into Late (Mid)Life

  

  Wren in the Snow CollegeFaculty Locker RoomWhen I was living in Wichita, Kansas, I attended a book club where one of the members brought a guest who was visitin... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Preserving Legacies with the Daughters of Utah Pioneers

  

  September 2024 Meetingof the Ephraim Camp of the Daughters of the Utah PioneersWhen I moved to Ephraim in December of 2023. It is located in Sanpete County, par... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Older Adults and Youth: Connecting the Past and the Future in the Present

  

  Image by COD Newsroomvia Creative CommonsI have observed a stereotype that older adults talk about the past with the evaluation that they do so too much. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Drinking More Water

  

  Image by Kate Ter Haarvia Creative CommonsOh, I did everything to ensure that I gained weight during the first half of this year: I did not drink enough water. ... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Remarkably Bright Creatures: Book Review

  

  Published 3 May 2022In her 2022 novel Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt creates a story of people who are looking to belong, looking for what is lost... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Late Life Happiness Boost: U Shaped Happiness Curve

  

  Image by Smithsonian Institutevia Creative CommonsThere are many researchers of the human life span that question the phenomenon of a "Midlife Crisis. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Empty Nesters and Friendship

  

  Karen, Kim, and KellyJune 2024 Yes, my children have launched. They are now 23 and 26. They both left the nest a while ago. However, I am feeling their absence... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: Book Review

  

  Published 15 Mar 2012I don't know how this book escaped my attention, but I saw a trailer for the film based on Rachel Joyce's 2012 novel, so I decided to read... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Apparition of Arran: An Elder Tale from Scotland

  

  Tree arch and bridge near Shiskineon the Isle of Arran, ScotlandImage by Andy Jamieson via Creative CommonsI have joined a discussion group where most of the... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 85th Birthday Celebration on Mother's Day

  

  Donna Webb Lloyd's85th BirthdayI was born in Utah, and I attended college in Utah, but I haven't lived here since the early 1990s. I often miss family... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Patchwork Country Fitness

  

  Yoga Class at Hub City Art Galleryin Mount Pleasant, UtahI knew that I would have an adjustment moving to a rural county in Utah. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Happy 20th Yoga-Versary!

  

  Image by cheeseslavevia Creative CommonsI had a big anniversary hit in February, but I did not recognize it in any way because my husband was battling... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2024 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH