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Age Bias - It’s Everywhere

Guest post by Nancy K. Schlossberg, See www.transitionsthroughlife.com
Nancy Perry Graham, an editor of AARP The Magazine wrote in the January 2010 issue: “Just listen to the late-night comics. Scarcely an evening goes by that David Letterman…doesn’t mock a certain 73-year-old politician with lines such as ‘During the presidential campaign, Sarah [Palin] had to cut up [...]

Guest Post: What’s in a Name…Part 1

What’s in a Name?
I have been part of a group that is trying to establish a national Institute in Sarasota County. We have been calling it the Institute for the Ages. Some have commented that people don’t want to be part of something that suggests aging. That led me to conclude that [...]

SCOPEs Six-Word Novel Contest

UPDATE: The contest is now closed.  We will share the results on the blog by the end of October.
SCOPE invites you to write a six-word novel: an entire story in exactly six words.
FLASH FICTION!  Can you say it in just six words?
The classic example is by Ernest Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
We borrowed [...]