# Creative Eldering

Musings, memories and myth-making from the edges of a long and grateful life.

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## [How Be a Better Old Woman, Some Assembly Required](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/how-be-a-better-old-woman-some-assembly)

_2026-08-12 · Stephanie Raffelock_

There are ways in which I’ve not paid attention to getting old at all, though age is not just a number to me.

## [It's The Little Things . . .](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/its-the-little-things)

_2026-08-06 · Stephanie Raffelock_

The long move-in takes up all the oxygen in the room.

## [AI Can Write Your Book and Create Your Brand](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/ai-can-write-your-book-and-create)

_2026-07-22 · Stephanie Raffelock_

and eat your soul . . .

## [Community Taking Shape](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/community-taking-shape)

_2026-07-15 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Community – it’s a word with warm sounding edges and a soft middle.

## [The Move](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/the-move)

_2026-07-08 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Moving from one place to another, like all big events in life, presents with challenges, lessons, and ever present love.

## [Letting Go and Opening to Changes](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/letting-go-and-opening-to-changes)

_2026-06-24 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Early morning.

## [Untying the Knots and Weaving the Threads](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/untying-the-knots-and-weaving-the)

_2026-06-17 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Making sense of life through carefully placed words. . .

## [Where Are You Placing Your Attention?](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/where-are-you-placing-your-attention)

_2026-06-03 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Life took a big turn last week.

## [To Be Someone Who Makes Things](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/to-be-someone-who-makes-things)

_2026-05-20 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Today, like many days, I woke up with a slight sense of dread and fear.

## [A Letter From My Dad](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/a-letter-from-my-dad)

_2026-05-13 · Stephanie Raffelock_

This piece was previously published in 2022.

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## [Never Too Old to Rock and Roll](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/never-too-old-to-rock-and-roll)

_2026-05-06 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Music Is Life Affirming

## [This Magnificent Tapestry of Old Age](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/this-magnificent-tapestry-of-old)

_2026-04-29 · Stephanie Raffelock_

In a life growing old, the longing to purge the unwanted and un-needed trappings of what once defined me, gets stronger.

## [Decisions for Hard Times](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/decisions-for-hard-times)

_2026-04-22 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Decisions are rooted in deep soil.

## [Inner Work](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/inner-work)

_2026-04-15 · Stephanie Raffelock_

The undercurrent of war, destruction, separation and fear permeates our world.

## [Too Big to Matter, Too Big to Care.](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/too-big-to-matter-too-big-to-care)

_2026-04-10 · Stephanie Raffelock_

At first, Substack was the place people came to read and to write, or at least it seemed that way.

## [A Birthday Celebration](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/a-birthday-celebration)

_2026-04-01 · Stephanie Raffelock_

With an Honoring of Imagination

## [The Last Book Ever Written](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/the-last-book-ever-written)

_2026-03-25 · Stephanie Raffelock_

What if an entire generation of children don’t care about library cards?

## [Loving, Letting Go, Reclamation](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/loving-letting-go-reclamation)

_2026-03-18 · Stephanie Raffelock_

A little reflection with my tea kept me company this morning.

## [Remembering . . .](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/remembering)

_2026-03-11 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Spring in Texas pushes between the spaces of taco trucks.

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## [Letter To An Old Poet](https://bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/letter-to-an-old-poet)

_2026-03-04 · Stephanie Raffelock_

Rilke’s, Letters to A Young Poet, lived on the shelf right next to the two books by Annie Dillard, I was sure of it.