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Conversations About Aging
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June 20, 2019 by Jean

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I am enjoying my experience of aging. …
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Category: Aging, Time/Activities | Tags: ageism, aging, Becca R. Levy, Maine Senior Colleges, Parker Palmer
Fear, Hope, and Change
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May 14, 2019 by Jean

On Sunday, as I drove to and from the first Farmers’ Market of the season, I was listening to one …
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Category: Intellectual activity, politics, Reading | Tags: climate change, Hidden Brain, Hot, Mark Hertsgaard, NPR, science, Shankar Vedantam, social action, social media
Becoming
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April 24, 2019 by Jean

When my book group decided to read Michelle Obama’s autobiography Becoming (Crown, 2018) this month, I was willing but not …
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Category: politics, Reading | Tags: Becoming, book group, intellectual stimulation, Michelle Obama
Looking Back, Looking Forward
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April 10, 2019 by Jean

Last month, I returned to my former workplace, Gettysburg College, for a weekend of activities to celebrate the 30th anniversary …
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Category: Aging, Gender, Time/Activities | Tags: activism, aging, consciousness raising, Gettysburg College, social change, teaching, visiting the former workplace, work experiences
Resisting Ageism Through Education
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March 12, 2019 by Jean

Although I am proud to be an educator, I’m not a person who feels that education is the solution to …
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Category: Aging, Intellectual activity | Tags: ageism, aging, Bates College, Gettysburg College, health, occupational therapy, University of Southern Maine
Fire and Ice: My Winter Exercise Program
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March 4, 2019 by Jean

For most of my life, my preferred form of exercise has been walking. I got into the walking habit early. …
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Category: health, home ownership, Living, Maine | Tags: health, living alone, living in Maine, rural living, winter exercise
Going to School Forever
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January 28, 2019 by Jean

During my college teaching career, I sometimes joked to students that college professors were people who were better at going …
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Category: Aging, garden, Intellectual activity | Tags: aging, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, intellectual stimulation, lifelong learning, Maine Master Naturalists, Maine Senior Colleges, Master Gardener Volunteers, time utilization

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I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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