The Amateur Elder
Chérie NewmanSharing mistakes and triumphs as I navigate the adversities and delights of elderhood in a camper van and...wherever.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 69 | Founded | 8 months ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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It’s a Wrap: Salli 2025
Producing a movie or television series is challenging. It requires months of intense coordination between the bean counters and the creatives—a herculean effort fraught with financial and persona landmines.
Brilliant scripts languish while...
A Creek Named After a Radioactive Opal, Negative Ions, and Creativity
I love water. Obsessively.
I admire its ability to move and morph.
Water flows, riffles, drips, cascades, surges, pounds, falls, undulates, roils, and shimmers. It drops from the sky. It spreads a moist gray blanket across fields and slid...
A Woman Who Owns, and Uses, a Log Splitter
The turn is just past my pee tree, Karla said. You make a right and then…
Wait! I interrupted. You have a pee tree? I don’t think I’ve ever heard the words my pee tree used in a sentence before.
We were standing in front of Karla’s cool l...
Van Life 102
In late March, I wrote an article titled Van Life 101, in which I offered tips and tricks based on my experiences during the first few months of life on the road. If you missed it, here’s a link to that post:
Now that I’ve stacked up anoth...
Where the Missouri River and a Trail of Birdhouses Begin
I’m enthralled by water, especially the headwaters of the Missouri River near Three Forks, Montana. At Headwaters State Park, the Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison rivers mingle and flow northeast then south for 2,341 miles before joining th...
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Writer, musician, and unhoused elder exploring the world mile by mile and sharing those adventures post by post.
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