2020 Top 10 Posts

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Each December of the life of this blog, I post a list of the ten posts composed over the year that received the highest views. 

Because of the global pandemic, many of my posts posted this year focus on SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) and COVID-19 (the disease). 

Four of the ten posts in this year's Top 10 do come from topics more typical for my blog: three book reviews regarding aging and one preview for a conference on aging. 

Here is the list in descending order of views (most viewed first): 

1. Virtual MAIA Every Thursday in August. 23 June 2020.  LINK

2. Podcasts about COVID-19. 1 July 2020.  (and SARS-CoV-2). LINK

3. Books about Epidemics and Pandemics.  31 May 2020. LINK

4. Coronavirus, Ageism, Ableism and More. 1 March 2020.  LINK

5. This Chair Rocks: Book Review. 7 January 2020.  LINK

6. MacKay's Swiss Cheese Virus Defense. 31 October 2020.  LINK

7. Settings that Heighten Risk for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission. 12 June 2020. LINK

Posts by KDA hosted by Segullah

 

Sometimes I want to find a post published on the blog Segullah, and there isn't an easy way for me to search for posts by authors.  I must note that there are several writers who are more gifted than I am.  

Many of the women who write for Segullah write with greater lyricism, insight, and spirit.  

Nevertheless, sometimes I want to reread one of my posts there (to witness to my own better angels). I often give myself great advice; now if I would only follow it consistently. 

Segullah is a faith-based blog where women often write in a way that blends details from their daily lives with quotes or allusions to scriptures and other devotional writing as well to references to literature and culture--high culture and low culture.  

(The shared faith is through membership within or proximity to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) 

So a Segullah post may refer to Jesus, Jane Austin, burnt cookies, and Lisa Simpson. 

2023 Posts: Ongoing--or Transitioning to New Faith-Based Projects?

112. February 17, https://segullah.org/blog/traits-of-come-follow-me-podcasts/

111. January 20, 2023 https://segullah.org/daily-special/free-range-saint/

2022 Posts: My favorite 2022 post is the one published in June

110. November 18, 2022 https://segullah.org/daily-special/promoting-unity-through-interfaith-interpath-efforts/

109. October 21, 2022 https://segullah.org/daily-special/parables-read-from-multiple-perspectives/

108. August 12, 2022 https://segullah.org/daily-special/free-range-saint/

107 July 15, 2022  https://segullah.org/blog/inspiration-in-a-vocation-al-setting/

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106. June 17, 2022. https://segullah.org/daily-special/loving-a-person-with-npd-can-you-hug-a-porcupine/

105. May 20, 2022.  https://segullah.org/daily-special/agency-and-stewardships-challenged-by-dementia/

104. February 18, 2022. https://segullah.org/daily-special/comfort-in-those-in-need-of-comfort-dump-out/

103. January 21, 2022. https://segullah.org/daily-special/looking-for-living-sages-diverting-from-diversions-to-roads-less-taken/ 

2021 Posts: My favorite 2021 post is the one published in April

102. December 17, 2021 https://segullah.org/daily-special/teaching-nursery-children-about-the-nativity/

101. November 19, 2021 https://segullah.org/daily-special/addressing-halloween-impoliteness-increase-compassion/ 

100. October 15, 2021 https://segullah.org/daily-special/elder-kopischke-prayer-alone-cannot-address-many-mental-health-needs/

Global Aging, 2nd Edition: Book Review

Published 13 December 2019.

I earlier this year, I selected Springer's Global Aging textbook in order to teach a class on global aging for Fall 2021. This 414 page book contains a lot of information about aging by using examples from dozens of countries. 

Here is the Table of Contents: 

1. Our Aging World 
2. The Study of Global Aging 
3. Demographic Perspectives on an Aging World 
4. Aging Environments 
5. Health Patterns and Behavior 
6. Health Care Systems 
7. Long-Term Services and Supports 
8. Older Workers 
9. Retirement and Pensions 
10. Families 
11. Caregiving 
12. World Religions and Aging 
13. Global Aging and Global Leadership

Additionally, each chapter concludes with one or two essays that are--for the more part--focused specifically on one country. 

Downhill (2020): Film Review

 

Released 14 February 2020.

How do couples in long-lasting relationships manage the shift in dynamics that inevitably happen over time?

Downhill (2020) directed by Nate Faxon and Jim Rash present a narrative that addresses this and other questions about love at midlife. Their film is an adaptation of a 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell play Billie and Pete Staunton who are vacationing with their two tween boys at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

Because of the film’s title and the preview, I watched the film with an eye for weaknesses in the marriage, finding both couple contributing to some dysfunction: Pete is not invested enough; Billie is overly invested in managing every detail.  

(Spoilers ahead.)