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“What is a person to do when life is shrinking?”

I have decided that to find what you love, to develop something that you can pour your consciousness into, is one of the fulfillments of old age — when you can indulge in the things that make you feel good.

Talking Politics With Marlene Johnson, Minnesota’s First Woman Lieutenant Governor (part 1)

"I think leadership means being able to engage with teams, being comfortable with differences, being comfortable listening to other points of view, being comfortable with being wrong, being comfortable with nurturing other people to do their best to contribute to an organization or problem solving."

Reader Perspectives on Navigating Menopause

Two readers offer suggestions of how they are navigating the physical changes of menopause.

A Clinic of One’s Own — Transforming health care for older women

The clinic system addresses the unique health care needs of women aged 65 and older.

Presenting as My Age

I swore to myself that on July 15, 2020, my first day as an old woman, I would treat myself to a challenging yoga practice, including sun saluta­tions, warrior poses, and balances in order to prove beyond all doubt that these exercises were still safely within my capabilities.

What Is Happening to Our Aging Bodies? Stages, symptoms, and solutions to menopause

Brain fog, night sweats, hot flashes, skin and hair changes, and weight gain are not directly caused by the ovaries, but are an attempt of the body to balance itself after hormonal changes begin.

Girl Scouts Camp Focuses on Hmong Culture

Two summer Girl Scout day camps focused on Hmong culture…

Performing Unwritten Family Histories of Migration and Displacement

When I was younger, I never thought to ask them what that felt like. Now, I think about it all the time.

Identity Essay: Where I Am From

I felt embarrassed because I had been exposed as a tourist in my birth country— confirming my fears.

I’ve Arrived

"I’ve arrived in rural Minnesota — a small town where the Dairy Queen is the threshold guardian along Highway 75."

Prose: Reflecting From Time

Someday an old woman will tell a tale of this time. She will have white hair, thin skin, fragile ankles. Will be a master of revision, and offer the story. Not this version, but the rewritten one.

Suicide Has Become an Epidemic in Rural Minnesota — How Can We Prevent Further Loss?

"I’ve heard more people telling me somebody they knew died from suicide in the last six months than I ever have in my whole life put together."