You’re not ‘fully vaccinated.’ You never will be.
The phrase fully vaccinated has both annoyed and intrigued since I first heard it. In some ways it makes no sense, although I understand its origin and even the necessity for it. But surely we can come up with something better.
Seniors are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19. So far, 1 in 7 have gotten a booster shot of vaccine
That 1 in 7 includes both my husband and me:
How Pickleball Won Over Everyone From Leonardo DiCaprio to Your Grandparents
Not long after we moved into a retirement community in Tacoma, WA, the obituary of one of the lovely friends we were lucky enough to make included the tidbit that he had contributed to the invention of pickleball. A brush with fame . . .
One of the Most Egregious Ripoffs in the History of Science
The feminist in me has been resentful ever since I learned how Rosalind Franklin has been left out of the story of the discovery of DNA.
The last time America broke apart: How author Kevin Boyle retold the 1960s
A review of the recent book The Shattering: America in the 1960s by Kevin Boyle. The book opens with a photograph of a group of men and women in front of a bungalow:
The nostalgic setup — July 4, 1961, on a “rising middle class” block in Chicago — is deliberate. But “The Shattering,” which intertwines the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the sexual revolution, is no saccharine account. Boyle uses the story of Ed and Stella Cahill, the owners of that bungalow, to frame the book, showing readers how much had been gained by people like them — a prosperity built on inequality — and how their world would be shattered by the ‘60s.
Super troupers! Abba on fame, divorce, ageing backwards – and why they’ve returned to rescue 2021
Not only was there a new album, Voyage, the first in 40 years: 10 new songs that brought the original band together in the studio for the first time since a split that had been precipitated by the couples in the band divorcing. Not only that, but there was to be a new “immersive live experience”, in a bespoke stadium in London – nobody seemed to have noticed the planning application being published online – featuring futuristic de-aged “Abbatars” playing a potentially never-ending series of gigs. In the depths of a miserable year, it seemed, Abba were coming to rescue 2021.
Merriam-Webster nods to pandemic by adding ‘ghost kitchen’ and ‘curbside pickup’
“Now, so many of the catchphrases we got to know while eating in the COVID era are making their way into the firmament of the lexicon.”
It’s Never Too Late to Climb That Mountain
“Dierdre Wolownick, whose son, Alex Honnold, is one of the world’s top rock climbers, ascended Yosemite’s El Capitan to celebrate her 70th birthday.”
I feel that I should offer a disclaimer here: Although I love collecting stories like this, stories of how older adults are stomping all over the stereotypes of aging, you won’t find me climbing any mountains or winning any weight-lifting competitions. But I admire those who do.
© 2021 by Mary Daniels Brown
Retreading for Retirement 