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.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Word of the Year: Meek

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Image by BrayDawg via Creative Commons Instead of making New Year's resolutions, I choose a word of the year. ( Here is an explanation...

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy 13th Blogoversary

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Image by eflon via Creative Commons I started my blog on aging thirteen years ago today. I realize that Instagram and TikTok are becomin...

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2024 Top Ten Posts

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Photo by Andre' Hofmeister via Creative Commons Another year is coming to a close, so I am looking in the rearview mirror once again. ...

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Swimming into Late (Mid)Life

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Wren in the Snow College Faculty Locker Room When I was living in Wichita, Kansas, I attended a book club where one of the members brought...

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Preserving Legacies with the Daughters of Utah Pioneers

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September 2024 Meeting of the Ephraim Camp of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers When I moved to Ephraim in December of 2023. It is locate...

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Karen D. Austin aka "Wren": Ephraim, Utah, United States; Gerontologist MA from WSU 2013. UE & USI adjunct, bookworm, gym rat, thrift store fashionista, ESC fan, proud American. Spouse of a college administrator / author, mom to 3: 1. Ball State U grad now music teacher 2. Walmart cashier pursing the HVAC trade 3. Indian Spitz. Coexist! Crone to be. Email: karendaustin (at) gmail dot com.

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