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• Finding Your Feet: Film Review

  

  Released February 23, 2018. The tagline for Finding Your Feet (2017) is "Sometimes you need a push in the right direction." However, it could have been: "Life... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 2019 Mid-America Institute on Aging and Wellness Preview

  

  Click on Photo to Enlarge. Two months from today, the Mid-American Institutes on Aging and Wellness will take place. It's a two day event, held this year on... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Advice for Future Corpses: Book Review

  

  Published 12 June 2018. Because I teach a university class on death, dying and bereavement, I read about a half dozen books on the topic annually. Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Gero Screagle Pride

  

  USI defeated West Texas A M 94-84.I was one of 7,330 fans at the Ford Center. When my husband took a job in Evansville, I wasn't sure what opportunities I... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• On the Brink of Everything: Book Review

  

  Published 26 June 2018. Palmer J. Palmer was goaded into publishing this book--On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, Getting Old (2018)--after his edito... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Gracious Uncertainty: Book Review

  

  Published 15 August 2017. Jane Sigloh, a retired Episcopal priest, has published Gracious Uncertainty: Faith in the Second Half of Life (2017). Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Book Review

  

  Published 27 February 2018. I like to read about mature athletes, but usually I just read news stories. I was delighted to read runner Ida Keeling's... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Women Rowing North: Book Review

  

  Published January 15, 2019. Mary Pipher has written a book for women in the second half of life. Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• End Game: Film Review

  

  Released May 4, 2018. End Game (2018) is a documentary by filmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Freidman. Set in the San Francisco area, the film profiles the last... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Crack the Code: Book Review

  

  Published November 5, 2018. Louis Bezich combines reading, research, and personal experience to write a book for men 50 plus on how to adopt healthy behaviors.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• From the Stage to the Page

  

  Photo by Jorg Schubert. I don't want to write too much about this because I'm trying to be positive. However, I want to document a shift that I'm experiencing a... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Happy 7th Blogoversary

  

  Photo by Jim Larrison. Seven years ago today, I launched this blog, The Generation Above Me. For the previous six years, I have posted the Top 10 or 20 Views... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Not a Resolution but a Focus Word

  

  Photo by Justin Vidamo via Creative Commons As the New Year approaches in a matter of hours, I'm once again rejecting resolutions. However, instead of doing... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Jessie's Empty Nest in Toy Story 2

  

  Photo by Jeff Christiansen. Toy Story 2 was released in 1999, which was during a time between the births of my two children. As they moved through their... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 2018 Top Ten Posts

  

  Photo by vallgall. It's time to look back at the posts published in 2018 here at The Generation Above Me. Most of the posts were book reviews or film reviews... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• The Cost of Living: Book Review

  

  Published July 10, 2018. Oh, this book is deceptively powerful. Deborah Levy is a playwright, poet, novelist and two-times finalist for the Booker Prize. Now... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• The Land of Steady Habits: Film Review

  

  Released September 14, 2018. I'm approaching sixty, and I've been watching a number of marriages among my friends disintegrate when their children reach young... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Race for the Mind: Book Review

  

  Published December 1, 2017. Daniel Gerard Welch draws on his decades' long experience working in the international pharmaceutical business to write this... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• 45 Years: Film Review

  

  28 August 2015 (UK release) It's autumn a time for harvest and a time for ghost stories. The film 45 Years--about a couple taking stock of their lengthy... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH

• Aging with Wisdom: Book Review

  

  Published November 14, 2017. Since her forties, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle has collected quotes, stories, and her own thoughts in a file labeled "Aging and Wisdom. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, LIFE COACH