“I don’t want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you.” Those lines struck me the hardest when I first saw Cinema Paradiso, a Sicilian coming-of-age movie, in 1990. In the sc...
Readers, At the end of August, Oldster will celebrate its 5th birthday. That means I have now been “ Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body ” here for going on FIVE YEARS. I ca...
From the time I was 10, I’ve been obsessed with what it means to grow older. I’m curious about what it means to others, of all ages, and so I invite them to take “ The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.”...
I ran a 5k the other weekend. I know, this is hardly a “man bites dog” style introductory sentence: tens of thousands of us walk, jog or run such distances every single weekend of the year. But bear w...
A year-and-a-half ago, the last child living in my house moved into a college dorm. As much as I knew I would miss her, I was surprised by how much passing her empty bedroom could feel like a kick in ...