Say the word alchemy, and it will likely conjure up thoughts of mysticism, quests for gold, and Fatima, the alchemist character in Paulo Coelho’s book, The Alchemist. While historians consider the Age of Alchemy to be somewhere between the centuries 1300-1700, no definitive timeline has been given for its newly discovered offshoot—the Alchemy of Age. Ask this historian, and I’m guessing it reigns today!

Back in March 2015, I had been living in Todos Santos for a couple of months having moved from Puebla, Mexico. I was invited to an equinox ceremony by some Shaman friends, on a mountain next to the beach.

I poked my head out the door and saw a massive hog charging toward me, snorting with fierce energy, chased by the butcher. I was nine years old, newly moved to Germany from Arizona, and living with my family in a "Gasthaus" -- the 1960's version of an Airbnb.

I’m a professor of experience-based learning and career education at a large public university. AKA professional development. Most of my students have been shepherded through the K-12 experience.

Women. Women have become more special in my life as I have become more comfortable in my own skin. And it's because of wise women I have been able to become who I am today. This blog post is a tribute to all those who offer wisdom and guidance.

This title was the headline of a New York Times story this summer—an evocative headline that has me personally wondering if my body is failing me or am I failing my body? Am I the victim or the perpetrator?

I’ve been thinking a lot about our kitchen table lately. Well-worn and inexpensive, it’s one of the centerpieces of furniture in our house, partly because it’s in the kitchen eating area, but more because it is where so much of our life has happened.

I am 76 years old and am learning to speak French! It is something I could have easily put off one more time. But a session at the Modern Elder Academy convinced me you can learn new things at any age. Here is my story.

As a journalist, I am fascinated by questions--so much so that I have taken to calling myself a "questionologist."

Given MEA’s mission, how could I resist a geeky white paper with this title (by Peter A. Heslin, Jeni L. Burnette, and Nam Gyu Ryu)?