Archive - Questionnaires and Interviews of Oldster Magazine

This is 53: Eleanor Anstruther Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I try hard these days to listen closely to my body instead of telling it to pull itself together. It’s one thing to be tough, but I’ve no desire to be…

Dec 25 •

This is 58: Storyteller and Journalist Donnell Alexander Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Perspective on my early-life choices has been the least desired and most useful gift."

Dec 18 •

Ask a Sober Oldster #18: Ana Marie Cox

"No matter what you feel, there is another feeling that will come after it. Sometimes, that might be worse! (Painful honesty!) But a lot of the time, it…

Dec 17 •

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This is 72: Retired Journalist David Hunter Bishop Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I keep putting fuel in the tank and surprise myself sometimes at how far it takes me. Sometimes the engine stalls, though, and you just have to…

Dec 11 •

This is 62: Magazine Legend Jane Pratt Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"If older women can look at and read about issues related to younger people constantly, why can't that happen in reverse?"

Dec 4 •

November 2024

This is 66: Debut Filmmaker Ilise Harris Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"If you stay in the bubble of your age, and don’t matriculate with younger or older people, you get stuck."

Nov 27 •

How Trump's Second-Term Policies Might Affect Elders and Others

And what we can do about it. An interview with policy expert Callie Freitag.

Nov 21 •

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This is 67: Spiritual Counselor Priscilla Stuckey Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"It’s like life is this cosmic compost pile, turning our shit into something beautiful and life-giving. I feel so lucky to live long enough to witness…

Nov 20 •

Ask a Sober Oldster #17: Nick Flynn

"Life was both very dramatic and very boring when I was using. Now that formula has been inverted—life is full of surprise yet free of drama. "

Nov 19 •

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This is 58: Podcaster Sam Baker Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Like many women my age I’ve created my own career, partly because I got sick of fighting for the one seat at the table that was afforded us..."

Nov 13 •

This is 71: Retired Pastor Doug Brouwer Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"A nurse practitioner told me at a recent annual physical that I was 'adorable.' So, I have officially reached the 'adorable' stage of the male life…

Nov 6 •

October 2024

This is 68: Karen Salyer McElmurray Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"I don’t so much feel old, as full of experiences I am only now learning to name more gently."

Oct 30 •

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