Archive - Oldster Magazine

This is 54: Author Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I bought some clippers and took off all my hair, and I stopped messing with my face...I look more like myself than I have ever looked. Because when I…

Dec 13, 2023 • Sari Botton

For my 70th Birthday I Hired an Escort

Gail Rice on finding her voice, and using it to ask for what she wants.

Jul 7, 2025 • Gail

The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Rosie O’Donnell

The world's kindest, most generous, realest superstar responds verbally to The Oldster Questionnaire.

Apr 7, 2025 • Sari Botton and ROSIE ODONNELL

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How to Lengthen Your Life

An excerpt of Alain de Botton's "A Therapeutic Journey: Lessons from the School of Life" PLUS an open thread about how we make the most of our limited…

Nov 10, 2023 • Alain DeBotton

This is 86: Retired Psychologist/Painter Bella Ruth Bader Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Last year, I changed my name from Beverly to Bella and it has made a big difference. I’ve never felt like a Beverly but now with my name Bella, it…

Jul 17, 2024 • Sari Botton

Frank Turns 100

Julie Metz on her father's long life and big birthday. PLUS, an open thread on the centenarians in our lives: Do you have people 100 years old—or…

Sep 26, 2025 • Sari Botton and Julie Metz

A guide from a 79-year-old.

Dec 22, 2025 • Catherine Hiller and Oldster Magazine

An amnesic memoir.

Oct 20, 2025 • Oldster Magazine and Judith Hannah Weiss

All the Young Dudes

In which I inadvertently discover that at almost 60 I can still "get It" despite what the culture (and some exes) would have me believe. Random thoughts…

Aug 11, 2025 • Sari Botton

A Life in Micro-Memoirs. Some excerpts...

May 26, 2025 • Deborah Sosin

Monster-in-Residency

When Carolita Johnson became a live-in caretaker for her 87-year-old mother, reimagining this new life as a multi-year writing residency helped her make…

Feb 5, 2024 • Carolita Johnson

This is 57: Bestselling Author Catherine Newman Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Maybe it’s more that I’m *immature* than that I’m young for my age."

Oct 29, 2025 • Sari Botton

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