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, May 30, 2014

Inspiring Legacies of Fitness

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Jack LaLanne, fitness celebrity. Photo by nathancremisino . I am very inspired by mature athletes. I maintain a post about them. Becaus...

Monday, May 26, 2014

Met a WW2 Vet Today

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Martin Weibel, WW2 Veteran On Mondays I volunteer at Kansas Masonic Home here in Wichita, Kansas. I help call bingo in the afternoons i...

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

All Gone: Dementia Memoir with Recipes

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Published September 27, 2012 I continue to read memoirs about caregivers supporting a family member with dementia. I do so because mem...

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Working Actors, 90 plus

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Christopher Lee b. 1922 d. 2015 at 93 Photo by avda-foto . In Sunset Boulevard (1950), Hollywood newcomer Joe Gillis contends with No...

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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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