Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Making Each Day Count
Turning Eighty Pat Boone 13
It's All About Our journey Tab Hunter 19
Pay It Forward Sally A. Breen 25
My Life Continues to Be an Adventure The Amazing Kreskin 31
Keep On Keepin 'On Elaine L. Newman as told to Kathy Stokes 37
Cultivating a Happy Life Gordon J. Bailey, Jr 41
My Life: An Audacious Adventure Fred Weinberg 45
On Turning Eighty Elisabeth Grace 49
The Joy of Old Age. (No Kidding.) Oliver Sacks, MD 57
Being Resilient in the Face of Change
Eighty Robert Ellis Smith 65
Changing Your Dreams: Talking About Life and Death Dorian Mintzer, MSW, PhD, BCC 71
Recovering from Injury and Illness: It's Up to Me, It's Up to You Morton H. Shaevitz, PhD, ABPP 77
How It Feels to Be Eighty Katherine Griesz 83
The Stingray David Black 87
Revisit the Dream, and Begin Again PJ Cowan 91
Life Is an Adventure Jerry Witkovsky, MSW 97
Be All You Can Be Roger Landry, MD, MPH 103
The Gift of Wisdom George Wolf 109
Eighty Is Old Walter M. Bortz II, MD 115
Losing My Teeth Donald Hall 119
How Your Work - and You - Can Live Forever George Lois 123
Rules of Engagement
Ruta's Rules Ruta Lee 131
Retuning Your Life Portfolio William A. Sadler, PhD 133
A Learning Life John O'neil 141
Life Lessons for Your Eighties and Beyond Betty Zimmer 149
"Rules for Old People" Thomas Y. Canby 153
Challenge Yourself to Grow
A Letter to My Younger Self Florence Ladd 161
Growing Young: The Formula Betty Finney 167
The Heat Is Off Cinnie Siena Bivona 173
A Work in Progress Rev. Margaret Stortz 177
Seeking Wisdom Fran Morris 181
All My Monsters Are Dead Betty MacDonald 187
It Can Happen to You: My Online Dating Experiences Nancy k. Schlossberg, EdD 193
Doing Meaningful Work
Volunteering for the Peace Corps at Eighty-Six Alice Carter 203
Meaningful Work Jan Hively, PhD 211
Ways to Earn a Little Extra Money and Avoid Boredom Art Koff 217
My World at Eighty Robert Matulonis 223
Aging into Selfhood Richard Anderson Bamforth 229
Keeping the Creative juices Flowing
Looking Forward Caroll Spinney 235
Strike Up the Band Elaine M. Decker 239
There Is Still Sex and Romance at Eighty! Desiree Holt 245
Anyone for Their Own Toy Theatre? Ann Stokes Neff 249
The Cycle of Nature Barbara Boldt 255
Writing for Your Family Willis "Wiz" Arndt 259
Looking at Life with a Comedian's Eyes Julie Kertesz, PhD 265
The joys of Solitude Carol Hebald 271
Retirement? Nuts! J. A. Pollard 277
Do Music! Karl Singer, MD 283
Free to Have Fun Robert Urban 287
A Second Life Roger Pepper, PhD 291
Pleasures Jennifer Birckmayer 297
Writing Poetry in Our Eighties and Beyond Joan Peck Arnold 303
Last Acts Patrice Dotson 309
Staying Active
Axels at Eighty Richard ("Mr. Debonair") Dwyer 317
Making the Most of Your Eighties: Be a Triathlete! Dr. Ruth Heidrich 323
Stay in Shape: Eighty and Up Jameson Skillings 329
Dance Naomi Goldberg Haas 335
Surprising Myself A. David Barnes, MD 339
Wings, Not Weights Nancy King, PhD 343
Travel: What's on Your Bucket List?
On Earthwatch Adventures Warren Stortroen 351
Retire at Eighty? Fuhgeddaboudit - I'm Too Old to Retire Ed Perkins 357
How Was the Food? Carol Scott 363
Cuba Is for the Birds Don Scott 369
An Eightieth Birthday Gift I Gave Myself Judy Mace 375
New Directions: Planning for Now and the Future
Making the Most of Technology in Your Later Years Sally Abrahms 383
Planning to Be Eighty Andrew Carle 391
Harvesting Our Wisdom Joanne Turnbull, PhD, MSW 397
Look in the Mirror Timothy M. Vogel, Esq. 403
Aging2.0 - New Technologies Are Changing Aging for the Better Stephen Johnston 407
How to Age Like a New Yorker Audrey S. Weiner, DSW, MPH 415
Eighty! OMG! Rick Kimball 421
A Fulfilling Life Is About Attitude, Not Age Bob Lowry 427
Spiritual Lessons
My Turning Eighty "Day Walk in Nature" Rev. Patricia Hoertdoerfer 433
Find Your "One Thing" LaTron S. Brown 439
Successful Aging Needs Spiritual Meaning Gilbert Leclerc, Phd 445
Life in the Eighties: Mourn or Celebrate Lanette H. Thurman, Phd 451
"This Is Now" Lois C. Ernst, MSW 457
Accept and Let Go Vimla Kaul 461
Life Is a Gift - Live It Fully Rev. Margaret L. Clark 465
On Joining the Over-Eighty Club Donald F. Murray, MDiv, MTh 471
About the Editors 476
Acknowledgments 477
Credits 478
