Results for keyword: aging
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A second chance at love: A review of Liberty Lanes
Liberty Lanes, Robin Troy's second novel, tracks the lives of a group of senior citizens in a small Montana town.
by Phyllis Barber, Jan 22, 2012 -
Building brainpower on the cheap
There are lots of reasons for learning about Colorado's native plants, including the simple determination to keep one's tired old brain alive.
by Rob Pudim , Sep 15, 2009 -
Heard Around the West
A field guide to obnoxious housing; April Fool’s in Aspen; Ruby the turkey vulture; how to curb immigration; and please, baby boomers, don’t all retire at once!
by Betsy Marston, Apr 28, 2008 -
Can I lose 20 pounds before my 50th high school reunion?
Jeannie Pomeroy faces the prospect of an upcoming high school reunion with the wry awareness that neither she nor her classmates are the people they were 50 years ago.
by Jeannie Pomeroy, Apr 14, 2008 -
The Land of the Dry
A Westerner makes the disconcerting discovery that as we age, the high, dry West we love isn't so good for our moisture-loving bodies, and the only cure is a trip to the beach.
by Ted Kerasote, Feb 19, 2007 -
The memory of mountains
The author remembers a long-ago hike up Pikes Pike with her mother, who later died having no memory of that hike, or of her daughter.
by Diane Sylvain, Sep 18, 2006 -
Nostalgia is a moving target
Curmudgeons like Jim Stiles – owner/editor of Moab’s Canyon Country Zephyr – have a lot to teach us about why it is so important for us to cling to the West that we love
by Paul Larmer, May 29, 2006 -
‘Death is stingless indeed and as beautiful as life’
Writer and activist Michael Frome looks back on more than 80 years of a life filled concern for the environment and social justice
by Michael Frome, Nov 28, 2005






