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, January 28, 2024

Word of the Year for 2024: Community

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Hiking in Ephraim Canyon 24 January 2024 I've done it again. I moved. After 7.5 years in Newburgh, Indiana, my husband and I moved to...

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Monday, January 1, 2024

Happy 12th Blogoversary

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Photo by Whitney via Creative Commons Over the last 12 years, I have managed to create 475 posts on aging. These posts explore how we can be...

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

2023 Top 10 Posts

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Image by Joseph Brent via Creative Commons It's time to look in the rearview mirror. In 2023, this blog hosted 14 blog posts--excluding...

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Saturday, November 25, 2023

Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Nonfiction Kidlit

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For the last five months, I have the opportunity to read 90+ nonfiction books for children (elementary, middle school, high school). I do...

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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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