{"id":30,"date":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T21:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2021-02-07T10:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T15:04:05","slug":"flora-davis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/voicesviews\/blog\/flora-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Flora Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-243\" src=\"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/flora-133x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"243\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/flora-133x150.jpg 133w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/flora-100x113.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/flora-108x122.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/flora.jpg 137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/>Flora Davis has written scores of magazine articles and is the author of five nonfiction books, including the award-winning&nbsp;<em>Moving the Mountain: The Women\u2019s Movement in America Since 1960<\/em>&nbsp;(1991, 1999). She currently lives in a retirement community and continues to work as a writer.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/03\/aging-is-full-of-surprises\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-100x56.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-200x112.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-450x252.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-600x336.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe-108x61.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/360_F_729615414_3tW64yhdPEj5T8s5HwlWIA2DXSjFaeRe.jpg 642w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/03\/aging-is-full-of-surprises\/\">Aging Is Full of Surprises<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 17, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">My feet had grown by two shoe sizes.&nbsp; \u201cIs this just normal aging?\u201d I asked the new, improved Alexa, the voice in the small disc on my desk.&nbsp; Alexa assured me that it was and then added, \u201cAging is full<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/03\/aging-is-full-of-surprises\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aging Is Full of Surprises<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/01\/flow\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-1024x576.png 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-150x84.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-768x432.png 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-100x56.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-200x113.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-450x253.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-600x338.png 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-900x506.png 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447-108x61.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1666509959447.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/01\/flow\/\">Flow<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 14, 2026<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">One day recently, I set to work on a blog for this website. After a while, my words began to come easily, and I became deeply immersed in what I was doing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I didn\u2019t notice that the cat had jumped<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2026\/01\/flow\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flow<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/life-without-birthdays\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-300x195.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-300x195.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-100x65.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-200x130.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-450x293.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-600x390.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks-108x70.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/happy-birthday-no-thanks.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/life-without-birthdays\/\">Life without Birthdays<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 11, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Can you imagine not knowing exactly how old you are (and not caring)? Never having celebrated a birthday?&nbsp; That\u2019s pretty much unthinkable in our age-regimented society, but that was my husband\u2019s situation. He was born in the 1920s in India,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/12\/life-without-birthdays\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Life without Birthdays<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/11\/just-call-me-whosis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-150x113.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-100x75.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-200x150.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-450x338.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-600x450.png 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-900x675.png 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200-108x81.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/s-l1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/11\/just-call-me-whosis\/\">Just Call Me \u2018Whosis\u2019<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 8, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I love words. I spend my days reading them, writing them and deeply appreciating them when someone else strings them together in a fresh and evocative way. So why do they so often elude me? Proper and improper names of<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/11\/just-call-me-whosis\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Just Call Me \u2018Whosis\u2019<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/10\/griefbots\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-150x100.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-100x67.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-200x133.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-450x300.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-600x400.png 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5-108x72.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Picture5.png 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/10\/griefbots\/\">Griefbots<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 6, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Every day while I take my morning shower, I imagine I\u2019m talking to my husband, Mike, updating him on what\u2019s going on in my life. He died in 2008. That\u2019s why I was fascinated to learn that AI can create<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/10\/griefbots\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Griefbots<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/slow-living\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-240x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-819x1024.jpg 819w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-120x150.jpg 120w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-768x960.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-100x125.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-150x188.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-200x250.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-300x375.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-450x563.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-600x750.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-900x1125.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ-108x135.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_1dAcQdyFTrKPhtkZ.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/slow-living\/\">Slow Living<\/a> <span class=\"date\">August 8, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As I\u2019ve rounded the corner into my 90s, I\u2019ve felt more and more impatient with my own, slowing pace.&nbsp; I not only walk more slowly these days, I think more slowly and don\u2019t get as much done. I can work<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/08\/slow-living\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slow Living<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/07\/it-was-a-hoax\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-900x599.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Phishing_everything_you_dont_want_to_know_RE.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/07\/it-was-a-hoax\/\">It Was a Hoax<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 22, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Recently, I was thrilled to get an email from someone I\u2019ve known since college, more than 70 years ago. Though Jenny and I seldom got together\u2014she lived in Toronto, while I\u2019m in New Jersey\u2014we talked on the phone, and every<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/07\/it-was-a-hoax\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It Was a Hoax<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/06\/later-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-1024x682.png 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-150x100.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-100x67.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-200x133.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-450x300.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-600x400.png 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-900x600.png 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_-108x72.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Untitled_design__67_.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/06\/later-life\/\">Later Life<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 20, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It may be just me, but as I\u2019m out walking today in my retirement community, I see love everywhere I look. It\u2019s in the old man patiently trailing behind a large dog who stumbles along, probably older (in dog years)<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/06\/later-life\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Later Life<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/04\/my-ups-and-downs-with-alexa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alexa-2048px-1545.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/04\/my-ups-and-downs-with-alexa\/\">My Ups and Downs with Alexa<\/a> <span class=\"date\">April 29, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">About a decade ago, I bought one of the earliest versions of Amazon\u2019s Echo Dot, a palm-sized gadget inhabited by a woman\u2019s voice (Alexa). I tried it but found Alexa so frustrating that I wrote her off. That was then.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/04\/my-ups-and-downs-with-alexa\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Ups and Downs with Alexa<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-pursuit-of-contentment\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-300x225.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-300x225.webp 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-150x112.webp 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-100x75.webp 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-200x150.webp 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-450x337.webp 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones-108x81.webp 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/depositphotos_9141112-stock-photo-zen-stones.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-pursuit-of-contentment\/\">The Pursuit of Contentment<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 14, 2025<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sometimes lately, when I enter my apartment, I can\u2019t help noticing how good it feels to be home. I\u2019ve lived here for 18 years, so why this flush of pleasure now? I wondered until I identified the feeling: contentment.&nbsp; That<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2025\/01\/the-pursuit-of-contentment\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pursuit of Contentment<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/12\/turning-90\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/51FhXVXM8BL._SL500_.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/12\/turning-90\/\">Turning 90<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 17, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When someone turns 100, others ask, \u201cHow did you manage to live so long?\u201d I\u2019m about to turn 90, and nobody has asked me that yet, but I\u2019ve been thinking about it.&nbsp; I\u2019m guessing I\u2019ve survived this long thanks to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/12\/turning-90\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Turning 90<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/the-upside-and-downside-of-being-owned-by-a-cat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-254x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-254x300.jpg 254w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-127x150.jpg 127w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-100x118.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-150x177.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-200x236.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-300x354.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1-108x127.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Cat1.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/the-upside-and-downside-of-being-owned-by-a-cat\/\">The Upside and Downside of Being Owned by a Cat<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 10, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I love my cat, but until now, I hadn\u2019t thought of her as a way to stay healthy. In fact, when I first brought Velvet\u2014a small, feisty black kitty\u2014home, I thought of her as a dog substitute. My beloved dog<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/09\/the-upside-and-downside-of-being-owned-by-a-cat\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Upside and Downside of Being Owned by a Cat<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/whats-your-biological-age\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-150x100.png 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-100x67.png 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-200x133.png 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-450x300.png 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-600x400.png 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3-108x72.png 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture3.png 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/whats-your-biological-age\/\">What\u2019s Your Biological Age?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 10, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I used to feel young for my age (89). At times, I felt almost guilty about that as I passed other residents in the hallways of our retirement community, walking fast because I was always late and because walking fast<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/07\/whats-your-biological-age\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What\u2019s Your Biological Age?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/06\/retirement-as-identity-crisis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-100x66.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-450x299.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-600x398.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-900x598.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Your-Identity-1024x680-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/06\/retirement-as-identity-crisis\/\">Retirement as Identity Crisis<\/a> <span class=\"date\">June 19, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">My sister taught in elementary schools for most of her adult life. She was in her 50s when she was laid off by the private school where she\u2019d worked for years\u2014an involuntary retirement. She was terribly upset. \u201cTeaching isn\u2019t what<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/06\/retirement-as-identity-crisis\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retirement as Identity Crisis<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/i-no-longer-speak-the-language\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-100x100.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-200x200.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-450x450.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-600x600.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-900x900.jpeg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AdobeStock_457808598-scaled-1-108x108.jpeg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/i-no-longer-speak-the-language\/\">I No Longer Speak the Language<\/a> <span class=\"date\">May 9, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I\u2019m feeling old, incompetent and frustrated.&nbsp; Over the past few days, my devices all failed me. The TV wouldn\u2019t stream, my cell phone wouldn\u2019t text, the printer refused to print, my tablet failed to download an Audible book I\u2019d bought<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/05\/i-no-longer-speak-the-language\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I No Longer Speak the Language<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/03\/to-drive-or-not-to-drive\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/031d16aa96c1b4195ad21b9cbde3fef7.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/03\/to-drive-or-not-to-drive\/\">To Drive or Not to Drive<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 19, 2024<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Back when my husband was in his 70s, he kept having fender benders. He was losing his eyesight, and I knew he should stop driving, but he refused. After each minor accident, he rationalized that it could have happened to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/03\/to-drive-or-not-to-drive\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To Drive or Not to Drive<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/12\/on-death-and-hearing-aids\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-100x67.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-200x133.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-450x299.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14-108x72.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hand-ear_14.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/12\/on-death-and-hearing-aids\/\">On Death and Hearing Aids<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 28, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When I was merely middle-aged, I sometimes wondered how those who were in their waning years coped with knowing that they weren\u2019t likely to live much longer.&nbsp; One day, I got the chance to ask the mother of a friend<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/12\/on-death-and-hearing-aids\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On Death and Hearing Aids<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/10\/acupunctured\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-300x244.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-300x244.webp 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-150x122.webp 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-768x624.webp 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-100x81.webp 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-200x163.webp 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-450x366.webp 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-600x488.webp 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture-108x88.webp 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4767-acupuncture.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/10\/acupunctured\/\">Acupunctured<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 17, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When my doctor first suggested I try acupuncture to relieve my lower back pain, I was dubious. Would my Medicare Advantage plan pay for it? To my surprise, it would. Was it available nearby? It was.&nbsp; But I was still<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/10\/acupunctured\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Acupunctured<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/09\/false-alarms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/92364132-tire-gauge-measuring-the-tire-pressure-of-a-car-over-white-background-colorful-design-vector.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/09\/false-alarms\/\">False Alarms<\/a> <span class=\"date\">September 15, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">At 88, I\u2019m mostly a homebody, no longer much interested in travel, but recently I drove halfway across New Jersey to see a play my son, Jeffrey, directed at a community theater. I couldn\u2019t come back the same day because<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/09\/false-alarms\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">False Alarms<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/smartphone-saga\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-450x450.jpg 450w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2-108x108.jpg 108w, http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Jitterbug-Smart-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/smartphone-saga\/\">Smartphone Saga<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 5, 2023<\/span> <span class=\"author\">by Flora Davis<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">My cellphone failed recently, and the experience taught me a few uncomfortable things about myself. For one thing, apparently I\u2019m a technophobe. It\u2019s a long story. About a month ago, I was sitting in my car with my friend, Jeanne,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/smartphone-saga\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smartphone Saga<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div><!-- end of .read-more --><\/span><\/li><\/ul><nav class=\"display-posts-pagination\" role=\"navigation\"><h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Navigation<\/h2><div class=\"nav-links\"><span aria-current=\"page\" class=\"page-numbers current\">1<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/?dps_paged=2\">2<\/a>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/?dps_paged=3\">3<\/a>\n<span class=\"page-numbers dots\">&hellip;<\/span>\n<a class=\"page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/?dps_paged=6\">6<\/a>\n<a class=\"next page-numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/?dps_paged=2\">Next<\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flora Davis has written scores of magazine articles and is the author of five nonfiction books, including the award-winning&nbsp;Moving the Mountain: The Women\u2019s Movement in America Since 1960&nbsp;(1991, 1999). She currently lives in a retirement community and continues to work<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/07\/smartphone-saga\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smartphone Saga<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6416,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/6416"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}