The Generation Above Me

A blog maintained by Karen D. Austin aka "Wren" --gerontologist since 2010 with prior education and teaching experience since 1980 in literature, comp/rhet, education, and psychology.

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Mad Mabel: Book Review

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Published 1 Oct. 2025 Oh, this was a fun read. I usually do not read thrillers because I find them populated with flat characters and form...

Sunday, June 7, 2026

The In-Between: Book Review

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Published 13 June 2023 Hadley Vlahos is a hospice nurse. She goes by Nurse Hadley on social media--in part because she is divorced from C...

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Recovery from Rotator Surgery

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Image from Creative Commons / Wikimedia I am not lifting heavy items anymore because of my injured rotator cuff (right shoulder). I have...

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Walking Lowers Risk of All-Cause Mortality

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It's a mile walk each way to the new LDS temple in Ephraim Since experiencing problems with my rotator cuff (right shoulder), I have d...

Monday, April 27, 2026

Falls Can Lead to Death

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Image by Alexander Delaunoy via Creative Commons In the fourteen years that I have been maintaining this blog, I have written about falls ...

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Karen D. Austin aka "Wren": Ephraim, Utah, United States; Adjunct at Snow College & circulation clerk at Ephraim Public Library. Gerontology MA from Wichita State 2013 and gero adjunct at UE & USI for 8 yrs. Bookworm, gym rat, thrift store fashionista, ESC fan, proud American. Spouse of a college administrator / author, mom to two: 1. Ball State U grad now music teacher 2. Walmart cashier pursing the HVAC trade Coexist! Crone to be. Email: karendaustin (at) gmail dot com.

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