Judith Hannah Weiss essays

Please Keep Blood off Gifts

Picture Santa’s workshop from December 1-24. Then picture busy elves like me wrapping elegant gifts in an “ultra-haute” store a few eons ago.

Dec 15, 2025 • Oldster Magazine and Judith Hannah Weiss

An amnesic memoir.

Oct 20, 2025 • Oldster Magazine and Judith Hannah Weiss

I know Nothing About Sex. (Or Nothing I Recall.)

Judith Hannah Weiss was 56 when her new brain arrived.

Feb 3, 2025 • Judith Hannah Weiss

Are You There, God? It's Me, J, and I'm Getting Old

In her mid-70s, Judith Hannah Weiss mulls the state of her mind, the state of world and the media covering it, and life at a continuing care retirement…

Jun 24, 2024 • Judith Hannah Weiss

It Took Six Years for Me to Say Two Words

After a major car accident 17 years ago, Judith Hannah Weiss learned that some things can be replaced, but your brain isn’t one of them.

Sep 18, 2023 • Judith Hannah Weiss

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