Category: 2019 Fall – Growing Older
October 5, 1999—on turning 56
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older, Poetry
Actual remarks made during my birthday celebration week: By Lani Ka’ahumanu “Oh, but you don’t...
Read MoreClimbing (Sort of) into the 21st Century
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Jane Barnes I got my first cellphone around the turn of the century: a silver shell phone,...
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Growing Older
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “Growing Older.” Folks were asked: “What are the...
Read MoreReligion and People
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older, Poetry
By Deborah Palmer Sometimes I feel lost in the world; like I don’t belong; like if I tell them who I really am, show them who I really am, they’ll reject me and I’ll become the black sheep of the world. They don’t understand...
Read MoreAROUND THE WORLD: Voices from Jamaica
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older, Around the World, Poetry
By Robyn Ochs At the Creating Change Conference in January 2017, I had the pleasure of meeting...
Read MoreLetters to Myself
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Joy Muhammad Letter from 15-year-old me to seven-year-old me: Dear Me, I know you feel a bit...
Read MoreI’ll Take A Side of Dementia With That
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Loraine Hutchins Editor’s Note: Last year, Loraine Hutchins turned 70. Her health is declining....
Read MoreLife is What Happens
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Robyn Walters Both the ‘Bi’ and the ‘Plus’ were late and totally unexpected. The Plus came...
Read MoreCopper Bird’s Bottle Chapel
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Kate Griffin A tribute to Virginia Wright-Frierson and Minnie Evans (1892 -1987) A versatile...
Read MoreA Complicated Relationship with Aging
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti What are the challenges of being an older bi+ person? I hate to start...
Read MoreA Decade Goes Bi
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By Mari Wrobi I’m 22 years old and I’ve identified as bisexual since I was 12 years old—which...
Read MoreThe Perils of Aging
Jun 24, 2021 | 2019 Fall - Growing Older
By A.M. I realized the other day that I might be a good mentor to young people. Or at least have some good advice to give. It was a startling thought. It came to me when I was busily procrastinating on writing this essay and...
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