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  • Nancy Peckenham

    Founder/publisher of Crow's Feet: Life As We Age. Journalist, editor, mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, adventurer, history-lover

  • Gail Post, Ph.D.

    Sharing what I know as a clinical psychologist, parenting consultant, author, wisdom-seeker, and life-long learner.

  • Jan M. Flynn

    Novelist, essayist, late but persistent bloomer. Debut middle-grade fantasy novel GRIFFIN SPEAKER, first in a series, coming May 5, 2026, from Disney-Hyperion.

  • Martha Manning

    Clinical psychologist--woman "of a certain age" --published 5 books on mental health. Spent too much time in the darkness, but lived to tell the tale. Write on mental illness, healing, relationships, and humor.

  • Kathleen Murphy

    I recently retired from a career in journalism and corporate comm, specializing in health writing. I live in Utah where I enjoy hiking, yoga, & good wine.

  • Joe Guay

    Recovering people-pleaser, "the poor man's Sedaris," writing on mental health, life lessons, LGBTQ issues with insightful snark. Pro voiceover actor.

  • Orrin Onken

    I am a retired lawyer who writes legal mysteries and articles about being old.

  • Abigail Thomas

    Abigail Thomas has four children, twelve grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two dogs, eleven books, and a high school education. And she loves writing short pieces about nothing at all to find out why something tiny made her curious.

  • Barb Besteni

    I am a spiritual seeker, health and fitness advocate, and animal lover. After 35 years of writing, editing, and producing content for local, national, and international television news, I retired to pursue my passion for writing.

  • janice macdonald

    I was born in the UK, lived in the States for most of my life, and, at age 68, decided to move to a village in France where I knew no one. I wondered if I was too old for such an adventure; I've discovered I'm not.

  • Eric V. Martin

    Water, Words, and Wisdom--the lessons learned that have shaped a life. Find more stories on Medium.com.

  • jo saia

    Writer also exploring this complex aging process..(.I write for Crow's Feet, of the Medium publication.) Now that I'm retired, I am coming home to myself. Writing, painting, volunteering at our local zoo, listening to the redwoods, being.

  • Donna Gerard

    Teacher-turned-writer, out to change the world starting with myself.

  • Melinda Blau

    I'm a journalist, author, and social observer. I write about relationships -- from the fleeting to the forever -- but you'll also find stories here about anything that sparks my gerbil brain.

  • Michele Cambardella

    Writing, painting, walking more because that's what retirement is for me. Love to be with my family especially near bodies of water. Pretty crazy about my grands. Also on Medium at https://medium.com/@michelecambardella

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