Glenda Glayzer Says, “It Ain’t Over!”

glendaglayzer_bw500Glenda Glayzer, a former resident of Burbank Senior Artists Colony, launched her performing career at the age of thirteen when she and her family, The Bell Family Gospel Singers from Temple, Texas, made their first vinyl recording. It was a long way from those beginnings to performing American musicals in the German language at the Nuremberg Opera, to landing a role in “Beach Blanket Babylon Goes Bananas” in San Francisco, to running a freelance sound recording business in Los Angeles, to discovering the joys of making fine art (see some here). It should be no surprise that she’s now turning her attention to writing and is sharing some of her thoughts on her website, “It Ain’t Over: How to Live an Electrifying Second Half.” Here’s what she has to say about it: “My objective, here in this space, is to share and compare insights into the best ways to thrive in the second half of our lives here. Just living isn’t enough for me. I hope you feel the same.” Take a look! [A permanent link to Glenda’s site is now on our Blog Roll in the sidebar at right.]

 

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Monopoly’s 110th Birthday

 

The original game board for The Landlord's Game, patented by Elizabeth J. Magie in 1904, via the National Archives.

The original game board for The Landlord’s Game, patented by Elizabeth J. Magie in 1904, via the National Archives.

 

“On Jan. 5, 1904, the U.S. awarded a patent to Elizabeth J. Magie, who registered a game board for The Landlord’s Game, meant to illustrate the harm of land monopolies.” Read more here and click here to read about the changes the board game has gone through, including new game pieces and the controversial introduction of “Monopoly Empire.”

 

 

 

 

 

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Worth Repeating: Learning Something New When You’re Older

WORTH-REPEATING“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 1/4/13:

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” the saying goes. It’s long been thought that the best time to learn something new is when you’re very young. But we now know that, while younger learners have advantages, older learners can achieve far more than researchers expected. How? “By breaking up a difficult job into small, bite-size pieces.” Click here to read more.

 

 

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The Power of Empathy

Thanks to EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter for this link:

“What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.”

Voice: Dr Brené Brown
Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com

More about RSA here.

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Two Reports About the Challenges Older Workers Face

Work ZoneHat tip to Ann Davis Garvin for both of these informative links about age discriminaton:

Booming: “If there is one thing older workers fear in this economy, it’s losing their jobs as they approach retirement. But that is exactly what happened in March to Richard L. White, who was the director of career services at Rutgers University for 22 years. . . . In January, shortly before leaving, Mr. White filed an age discrimination lawsuit against Rutgers. Three other longtime administrators who were also terminated joined the lawsuit, bringing into the open an increasingly contentious workplace issue.” Read more here.

The Surprising Truth about Older Workers: “[G]etting people like Simoneau back to work can mean overcoming age discrimination. . . . [But] when it comes to actual job performance, [Wharton professor Peter] Cappelli says, older employees soundly thrash their younger colleagues. “Every aspect of job performance gets better as we age,” he declares. “I thought the picture might be more mixed, but it isn’t. The juxtaposition between the superior performance of older workers and the discrimination against them in the workplace just really makes no sense.” Read more here.

Have you ever experienced age discrimination on the job?

 

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The Man Who Ran Away with the Moon

“In Russia in 2003, a man fell in love with the moon. Or that’s the story artist Leonid Tishkov presents in his Private Moon series, where he journeys around the Earth with his cosmic companion: a radiant, six-foot-tall crescent moon.” Click here to see a beautiful collection of photos from this wonderful project by the 60-year-old artist.

 

 

 

 

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Happy New Year!

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