Personal Essay

Personal Essay

What it Means to be an American

BY
Jill Chapin

I had a chat with a newly minted citizen, who undoubtedly knows more about our constitution and how our government ...

Personal Essay

The Euchre Experience 

BY
Janet Call

Membership in OPPE (Old People Playing Euchre) is something its Charlottesville, Virginia members accept as a badge of honor. After ...

Personal Essay

So We Got a Tenth Supreme Court Justice After All

BY
Jill Chapin

A Texas district judge just suspended the FDA’s 23 years-long approval of the abortion pill, Mifepristone – for the entire ...

Personal Essay

Olfactory Journey

BY
Janet Call

In the often frantic pace of modern life, with its ubiquitous technology and uncertainty, it is easy to miss the ...

Personal Essay

Long Journey Into Night

BY
The Senior Outlook Today Team

By Bert Sternal Bert sat in his recliner, staring out the window at the yard he used to tend. He ...

Personal Essay

A Senior’s Toast to Dentists

BY
The Senior Outlook Today Team

By Jerry Robbins Here’s to dentists everywhere And to all their helping ones Who sit you down in their chair ...

Personal Essay

Life Is For The Living (Even When Your Legs Betray You!)

BY
The Senior Outlook Today Team

Today’s headline, Kravis Writers Academy gets started in January, gave me something to think about. I just might register, I ...