by Moira Allan | Aug 8, 2019 | Lifelong Learning, Positive Ageing
If I lived in Helsinki, I would be a daily visitor to Oodi, the city’s cool new library/living room. If I lived in the US, I would seek out libraries that would help me navigate the world of senior dating. Wherever I lived in the world, I’d order a Little Free Library...
by Moira Allan | Oct 28, 2018 | Positive Ageing
When I was coming up to 60 I started to worry seriously about money. I am a solo ager who had chosen to work between my homeland, South Africa, and France. I couldn’t look forward to a comfortable retirement in either and in any event I didn’t feel like retiring. Oh...
by Moira Allan | Apr 5, 2018 | Community Support
We need to be prepared for more and worse! Jan Hively, our co-founder, has just lived through four successive nor’-easters that hammered the East Coast of the U.S. mercilessly, wreaking havoc and leaving people isolated. Margie van Zyl Chapman, our network liaison...
by Moira Allan | Jan 12, 2018 | Trends
A Forbes Magazine contributor, Howard Gleckman, has started a New Year’s debate on what to call old people. He says that we’ve tried senior citizens, seniors, the elderly, elders, retirees, and even “gerontos.” He mostly uses the term “older adults” that appears to...
by Moira Allan | Aug 28, 2017 | Work & Economic Security
I had a very stimulating exchange with our Pass It On Network Liaison from Arizona, Barbara Penn-Atkins, a Coach, Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and Author. You won’t believe how thirsty we all are for meaning in our lives, said Barbara, who never ceases to be...
