# elder (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover elder. Page: Feed: --- ## [Musings of the Night Nurse: Mom, 1937-2026](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/musings-of-the-night-nurse-mom-1937) _2026-08-18 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ My thanks to all of you who have joined me in reading about my mom Kathy. ## [August 16, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/august-16-2026) _2026-08-16 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Covers and creativity ## [Musings of the Night Nurse \[20\]: The Denouement](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/musings-of-the-night-nurse-the-denouement) _2026-08-15 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ Eventually, they all run out of rope ## [Taking a Breather...](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/taking-a-breather) _2026-08-14 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ ...and why it's a radical act. ## ["ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks"](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/ice-plans-to-give-officers-gloves) _2026-08-13 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ So goes a headline in today's New York Times. I have thoughts. ## [About That $80 Blueberry Pie](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/about-that-80-blueberry-pie) _2026-08-12 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ Hamptonites imagine this season's accessory is out of reach. Don't believe them ## [Special Edition! August 10, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/special-edition-august-10-2026) _2026-08-10 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ August 10, 2026 Stuff Your E-Reader! ## [August 9, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/august-9-2026) _2026-08-09 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Questions and creations ## [The Corrosive Power of Believing Your Own Lies](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/the-corrosive-power-of-believing) _2026-08-06 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ People wonder how parents can kill their children. I don't wonder ## [Where Do Older Americans Live?](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/where-do-older-americans-live) _2026-08-05 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Fewer in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JyiI8elQ3pRL) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [August 2, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/august-2-2026) _2026-08-02 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Wild weather and writing ## [The Truth Hurts](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/the-truth-hurts) _2026-07-31 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ The importance of seeking feedback in order to heal and grow. ## [Two Very Different Systems of Elder Care: Israel and the United States](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/two-very-different-systems-of-elder) _2026-07-30 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ But with some similarities. ## [July 29, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/july-29-2026) _2026-07-29 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ More ways to read! ## [Special Edition! July 28, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/special-edition-562) _2026-07-28 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Romance Book Blast - July 28, 2026 ## [July 26, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/july-26-2026) _2026-07-26 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Views, dogs, more words ## [Can Technology Help Solve Our Elder Care Crisis?](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/can-technology-help-solve-our-elder) _2026-07-24 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Perhaps by enlisting AI. ## [Talking Elder Scams on FOX](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/talking-elder-scams-on-fox) _2026-07-22 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ I was happy to go on “America’s Newsroom” on Monday morning and talk elder scams with Dana Perino. ## ["I believe this is a warning and that we have to look at Berlin in the 1930s and open our eyes."](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/i-believe-this-is-a-warning-and-that) _2026-07-22 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ A Jewish New Yorker considers packing a go-bag ## [Good News and Bad on Dementia and Other Disabilities](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/good-news-and-bad-on-dementia-and) _2026-07-22 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Less dementia, more physical disability. ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/o6gPcuFmZrG1) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [Nancy Rommelmann on"Caring for Mom: An Education in Scams and Fraud"](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/nancy-rommelmann-oncaring-for-mom) _2026-07-20 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ “I wish I had realized that the characteristics that had heretofore given my mother a splendid and comfortable life were the very things that would be used against her.” ## [July 19, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/july-19-2026) _2026-07-19 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Heat and rain ## [The Story of Relationships](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/the-story-of-relationships) _2026-07-17 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ 🎶 Should I stay, or should I go now...? 🎶 ## [Thirst Trap](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/thirst-trap) _2026-07-15 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ When the man in the shirtless selfie looks just familiar enough ## [July 12, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/july-12-2026) _2026-07-12 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Keep moving forward... ## [Is this the end of the world as we know it....?](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/is-this-the-end-of-the-world-as-we) _2026-07-10 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ Oh I do hope so. ## [The Burden of Caregiving](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/the-burden-of-caregiving) _2026-07-08 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ See the video. ## [Place Matters, as Does Planning](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/place-matters-as-does-planning) _2026-07-06 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ A conversation with Ryan Frederick about his book, Right Place, Right Time. ## [July 5, 2026](https://tkeldridge.substack.com/p/july-5-2026) _2026-07-05 · Author TK Eldridge · Letters from Elder Ridge (Books by TK Eldridge)_ Things are heating up... ## [Why is the 85+ Population Already Growing?](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/why-is-the-85-population-already) _2026-07-01 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Because the baby boom really started in 1940. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MQWAlrPIHi1m) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Clean Up-Grow Up-Go Up-Show Up](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/clean-up-grow-up-go-up-show-up) _2026-06-28 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ A profound model for personal transformation and a return to wholeness ## [Long Lives are For the Rich](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/long-lives-are-for-the-rich) _2026-06-24 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Especially in the United States. ## [Waking Up in a Socialist(ist) City](https://nancyrommelmann.substack.com/p/waking-up-in-a-socialistist-city) _2026-06-24 · Nancy Rommelmann · Make More Pie_ New York City advanced three Mamdani-backed candidates yesterday. How did that happen? Where do we go from here? A morning-after download. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203409081/54ee1f73cc2c2f1b5c7df9e496223b29.mp3) ## [Making peace with my father....](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/making-peace-with-my-father-8f1) _2026-06-21 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ ....without the need to have him back in my life. ## [PACE: A Better Model for Elder Care](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/pace-a-better-model-for-elder-care) _2026-06-19 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ My discussion with a PACE medical director. ## [Wealth Inequality Among Older Americans](https://okayboomer.substack.com/p/wealth-inequality-among-older-americans) _2026-06-17 · Harry Margolis · Risking Old Age in America_ Fewer in poverty but most with little savings. ## [Losing our Religion....](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/losing-our-religion) _2026-06-17 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ ....the Religion of Kindness ## [The Archetype of the Victim](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/the-archetype-of-the-victim) _2026-06-06 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ The power we gain from remaining 'powerless' ## [People, books and practices that have shaped and saved me.](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/people-books-and-practices-that-have) _2026-05-25 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ A list of goodies. ## [The Archetype of the Prostitute](https://donnalancaster.substack.com/p/the-archetype-of-the-prostitute) _2026-05-19 · Donna Lancaster · A Pilgrimage for the Soul_ The numerous and various ways we all sell ourselves. ## [Box Elder](https://wintermute.org/herb/Box_Elder/) _2025-07-24 · Brendan Howell_ A fast-growing, soft maple with not-maple-typical leaves. Recognition Shoots are olive green Illustration, Franz Schmidt, Österreichs allgemeine Baumzucht. Toxicity Some indication that seeds might be toxic to horses but other than pollen allergies, seems relatively harmless for humans. Split wood with signs of invasion. Wood Qualified as a soft maple. Short, close-grained like other maples. Not… ## [Stuff I Took in Görlitzer Park](https://wintermute.org/project/Stuff_I_Took_in_Gorlitzer_Park/) _2025-07-23 · Brendan Howell_ Foraging and waste. Fear and the feral. there was once a mayor in Berlin in whose realm lay a great moor, wild and deserted, through which ran neither road nor path. no one dared to enter it, for the saying went that any living being who did so, whether man or beast, would disappear, leaving no trace behind. they called it the Görlitzer Park. The mayor at one time wished this moor to be thoroughly… ## [EVERY ACT OF RESISTANCE MATTERS](https://silverresistance.org/every-act-of-resistance-matters/) _2025-06-13 · studio7kc · Silver Resistance_ Silver Resistance is a powerful grassroots movement uniting seniors, elders, and their allies to stand together in defense of our shared values through peaceful activism and unwavering advocacy. We actively speak out against leadership that undermines humanity, decency, and equal rights. Together, our voices are impossible to ignore. Find Us Online EVERY ACT OF RESISTANCE MATTERS – Everyone can do… ## [How to Organize a Successful Political Action Letter Writing Campaign](https://silverresistance.org/how-to-organize-a-successful-political-action-letter-writing-campaign/) _2025-04-09 · studio7kc · Silver Resistance_ How to Organize a Letter Writing Campaign Letter writing has long been a powerful form of political activism. Unlike mass emails or social media posts, handwritten or personalized letters carry emotional weight and demonstrate genuine concern. A well-organized political letter writing campaign can sway public opinion, influence lawmakers, and drive meaningful change. Here’s how to plan, organize,… ## [Silver Resistance Rises: Elders Across the Nation Join April 5th Protests to Defend Democracy](https://silverresistance.org/silver-resistance-rises-elders-across-the-nation-join-april-5th-protests-to-defend-democracy/) _2025-04-07 · studio7kc · Silver Resistance_ On April 5th, 2025, a powerful wave of activism swept across the United States as members of the Silver Resistance—a growing grassroots movement of seniors, elders, and their allies—joined other nationwide movements such as Indivisible, 50501, and others, taking to the streets in peaceful protest to defend democracy, protect earned benefits, and push back against rising threats to human dignity… ## [Silver Resistance: A Nationwide Movement for Dignity, Equality, and Change](https://silverresistance.org/silver-resistance-a-nationwide-movement-for-dignity-equality-and-change/) _2025-04-06 · studio7kc · Silver Resistance_ In an era when political and social landscapes are rapidly evolving, a powerful grassroots movement is emerging to defend the values that form the backbone of American society. Silver Resistance unites seniors, elders, and multigenerational allies in a common mission: to stand up for humanity, decency, and equal rights. With the motto “No one person can do everything, but everyone ... Read More ## [Ground Elder](https://wintermute.org/herb/Ground_Elder/) _2025-03-25 · Brendan Howell_ Gewohnlicher Giersch - Very tasty in the carrot family A weedy plant that likes shade. Typical young ground elder growth showing “goat’s foot” leaf pattern Recognition The leaves are very iconic in their symmetrical triples - the only plants in the Apiaceae/Umbellifer family with leaves in this formation. Pointed tips, the side leaves often have a compound “goat’s foot” resemblance. Leaf stems… ## [Blue Bugle](https://wintermute.org/herb/Blue_Bugle/) _2025-03-24 · Brendan Howell_ A creeping flower in the Lamiaceae (mints, deadnettle, sage) family. Flowers, stem and leaves. Recognition Crawling on the ground, it sends up stems with flowers. Stems are four-sided and fuzzy - both leaves and stem have a reddish, dark green color. Leaves are in alternating pairs. Very pretty flowers ranging from blue to deep violet with a tiny streak of yellow on the lower lip. The upper lip of… ## [The Moving Amusement Wheel](https://wintermute.org/project/The_Moving_Amusement_Wheel/) _2025-02-17 · Brendan Howell_ A Screenless Device for Moving Images Rotary Entertainments - Photo by Joak This project was a kind of side-quest of the larger Screenless Office Research in focus groups found a strong interest among users wishing to enjoy hilarious GIFs and other forms of simulated motion images. The Department of Humor was able to develop a solution leveraging a small-format thermal printer and a modernized… ## [White Nettle](https://wintermute.org/herb/White_Nettle/) _2025-02-13 · Brendan Howell_ A “dead” (non-stinging) nettle. In the Lamiaceae family. Flowers, stem and leaves Recognition Superficially resembling nettles (which are in the Urtica family). Four-sided stem, with alternating pairs of heart-shaped leaves with rounded-ragged edges. 6-12 white flowers in a ring above each set of leaves. Flowers have a prominent upper lip. Lamium album, Watercolor by Lydia Penrose. Toxicity Edible…