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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."
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This is 62: Trebor Healy Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
“'Build a soul' is my motto, and the more you do that, the less it’s about you and your milestones and the more it’s about the community around you or…
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Another 5 Questions: Peter Moore
An addendum to the 67-year-old cartoonist's Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, considering the five new questions that were recently added.
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Ask a Sober Oldster #16: Author Kristi Coulter
"I don’t think being in recovery is hard. I think life is hard, and there is real horror in understanding that drinking cannot actually alter reality."
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This is 65: Musician and Author Amy Rigby Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Rock and roll helped change the way we age, saying it’s okay to make a spectacle of yourself and still seek an audience even when you’re not the new…
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This is 59!
In which I answer the five new questions I've just added to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.
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September 2024

This is 70: Writer/Social Worker Kelly Thompson Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I loved being 34. I loved being 64. I think I’m gonna love 74."
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This is 52: Author and #1000wordsofsummer Leader Jami Attenberg Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I am sharper and more focused on my desires and ideas, but at the same time cannot tell you what I had for dinner last night."
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Ask a Sober Oldster #15: Go-Go's Bassist and Memoirist Kathy Valentine
"The very best parts of my life are my 21-year-old daughter Audrey, and my sobriety."
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This is (Almost) 73: John Lovie Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"For all its downsides, I love being alive in the age of the internet. I'm a lifelong learner. Having so much information at my fingertips is a dream…
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This is 80: Psychotherapist and Poet Jane Seskin Responds to the Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I will not apologize for being old."
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August 2024

This is 62: Writer Jane Ratcliffe Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I live two ages simultaneously."
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