The 50s

I am in the 50s age bracket, or as it often called now the ‘coming of age’ bracket. This by the way is also the title of a wonderful book by Simone de Beauvoir who talks about how the old are treated in different societies at different times in history and right now...

Seeing Each Other

At our last AHWGO Marie Jobling talked about her efforts for the San Francisco Community Living Campaign that is introducing tyze, one of the internet network tools that facilitates building community around a person or cause. It is sort of a village idea on the net,...

Carrying Home With You

My landlady was in her early eighties when, as an architecture student, I rented her downstairs in-law unit. It was perfect synergy. We became close friends and came to look after each other. She participated in my parties and I listened to her stories about the...

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