Archive - How To Be Old

The Neglected House Across the Street on the Dead End

I start this week with a new morning routine.

May 17 •

April 2024

Dispatch From the Shed

Apr 29 •

Lately, I’ve been spending a good deal of my time in one of the twin armchairs tucked in what I call my reading nook. On the round pie-crust table…

Apr 10 •

February 2024

You Can’t Always Tell What a Story’s About From Its Title

Welcome to my Substack

Feb 26 •

How To End A Chapter

“I don’t like to throw things away, but I also have the ability to end chapters of my life.” Helmut Lang It is one month away from the launch of my…

Feb 13 •

January 2024

The genesis of a character

Jan 28 •

Stranger in the Mirror

At age 35, a phone call at work brought the out of the blue and gut-punching news that my 56-year-old father had suffered a stroke. I can’t recall the…

Jan 8 •

When A Writer Needs Another Writer

A New Year’s Reflection

Jan 2 •

November 2023

Reinvention Stories

Nature, Knotweed and Herbs

Nov 6, 2023 •

October 2023

This is not the first time I have taken a series of self-portraits in my hallway. The photos are reflections that appear in the full-length framed…

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

What to Wear During Fashion Week (When You Are Old or Any Age For That Matter)

Today I’m sharing a short essay I wrote for the magazine, This Curious Life, published by the National Innovation Centre Aging. Sometimes I’m asked…

Sep 15, 2023 •

Academic Dreams, Chocolate Eclairs and Velvet Tams

I have become someone who loves to study and write about fashion. I like to wear it too but in a performative way, much the way I like to write. Fashion…

Sep 10, 2023 •

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