Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed
Reflections on Aging (For Anyone Who Happens To)
Nardi Reeder Campion

University Press of New England



Contents

The Gratitude Attitude (Condensed)
Press On and On
• Misadventures in Aging
• Why I Stopped Driving My Car
• Twelve Ways to Get Around Without a Car
• How to Improve Your Memory,Maybe
• The Game of the Name
• I’m a Loser
• Everybody’s Worst Travel Nightmare
• Belly Dancer Visits Old Folks’ Home
• The F-Word
• Sex Talk
• Deep Talk over Tea
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• Geriatric Dating
• Go Ahead and Take the Risk
• How Did I Get Here?
• I Was Always a Loser
• How to Buy a New Bathing Suit
• Three Nights on the Connecticut
• My Christmas Hypnotist
• What I Learned in the Hospital
• People Met Along the Way
• The Life of the Mind
• How Did Dr. Eckstein Know Which Canary Needed the Enema?
• The Man Who Started Sociology
• Einstein’s Mathematician
• The Wisdom of Bill Coffin Is Good for Any Age
• In the Senate Dining Room with Senator Clinton
• Cyber Grandma Goes to Town
• Epilogue: With Attention in Your Heart




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