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Tag: older adults
Love the Ones You’re With
Here in Milwaukee we’ve gotten ourselves engaged in a debate about senior centers. The county government, always strapped for cash and having put off needed maintenance for years is now looking at five aging senior centers and wondering what to do. Senior advocates like… Continue Reading “Love the Ones You’re With”
Minnie and BowWow Discuss Pants
BowWow: Did you know the lady has twelve fucking pairs of black pants? Minnie: How do you know that? You can’t count. BowWow: I was watching her this morning. One hanger after the other, all over the fucking bed. If it wasn’t twelve, it… Continue Reading “Minnie and BowWow Discuss Pants”
Together but So Far Apart
Yesterday, I read an extraordinary piece about an older couple who died within minutes of each other as a result of a suicide pact they’d had for years. The essay, The Big Sleep by Julia Medew, is beautiful and engrossing. The photos, tracing the… Continue Reading “Together but So Far Apart”
TIE and SIT
Without thinking even 60 seconds, I hit the Buy Now button and sent my 89-year old father his first computer, a brilliant blue IMac. The same day I wrote him a letter, gave him my email address, and told him to email me when… Continue Reading “TIE and SIT”
TIE and SIT
Without thinking even 60 seconds, I hit the Buy Now button and sent my 89-year old father his first computer, a brilliant blue IMac. The same day I wrote him a letter, gave him my email address, and told him to email me when… Continue Reading “TIE and SIT”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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