by WomenOver70 | Nov 13, 2024 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season 6, Season Four
Wendy Cole, age 76, was 67 when she decided to live out in the world as the female she was born to be. As a young person, Wendy was informed by ‘authorities’ that she was a male with a psychological condition that was untreatable and uncurable; she was “a freak.”...
by WomenOver70 | Nov 6, 2024 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
Cynthia Bargar, 76 is the author of Sleeping in the Dead Girl’s Room (Lily Poetry Review Books), selected as a Massachusetts Book Awards 2023 Honors Poetry Book. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Sugar House Review, Ocean State Review, Lily Poetry Review,...
by WomenOver70 | Oct 30, 2024 | Podcast, Reinvention, Season 6, Season Four
On the northshore of Chicago, there has existed a magical boutique gift store for 37 years. Its name: The Yellow Bird. Recently the shopping center where it had thrived all those years, was sold to make room for new residential buildings and some commercial. Yellow...
by WomenOver70 | Oct 23, 2024 | Advocates for Women Aging, Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
Andrea Gilats—writer, educator, artist, yoga instructor—believes that “when one writes a memoir, one has to be oneself.” Andrea’s captivating new memoir, Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity, reveals her journey of ‘discovery through the pitfalls and...
by WomenOver70 | Oct 9, 2024 | Expressive Arts, Podcast, Season 6, Season Four
For 15 years, Karen Allen (age 73), actor and director of stage and film, and Sarah T. Schwab (age 39), writer, director and producer, have enjoyed collaborating on theatre and film productions, notably addressing oft-avoided discussions about dying and loss. Their...