Tag Archives: changing aging
Worth Repeating: Focus on the Environment – Gray is Green
“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 11/14/11: Gray Is Green (The National Senior Conservation Corps) serves as a … Continue reading
91 Year Old Navajo Code Talker to Receive Degree
From KOAT Channel 7, Albuquerque: “Chester Nez will receive his University of Kansas degree on Monday. He was one of the original 29 Code Talkers in an all-Navajo Marine platoon who created a secret code based on their language used by … Continue reading
World’s Oldest Papergirl is 81
From BBC News: “At the age of 81 Joyce Pugh has been named the world’s oldest papergirl by the Guinness Book of World Records. She has clocked up 10,000 miles on her bike delivering papers in Powys [Wales].” Click here … Continue reading
Blacksmith Fred Harriss at Work at 84
UK press photographer David Hedges posted this video and description: “Britain’s longest-serving blacksmith is still forging iron in his workshop – at the age of 84. Hardy Fred Harriss, 84, first picked up a hammer and tong aged ten in 1938 and … Continue reading
Michael Graves: Good Design Empowers Patients
From Wired Science: Michael Graves lost his ability to walk in 2003 when a sinus infection infiltrated his nervous system, impairing his spinal cord. As he learned to navigate the world from his wheelchair, Graves noticed that places meant to … Continue reading
Glorya Kaufman’s Gift Builds Dance School at USC
Few people have the opportunity to be as spectacularly generous to the arts as Glorya Kaufman. “Her groundbreaking gift [well over $20 million] for the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance will establish the first new endowment-funded school at the … Continue reading
Dave Hickey “Retires”
Cultural critic, curator, professor, one-time art dealer, and winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Dave Hickey has decided to retire. His retirement plans include revising material for three anthologies and writing (another) book. Read more here in an interview with the outspoken Mr. Hickey.
Posted in Art/Architecture, Writing/Storytelling
Tagged changing aging, creative aging
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