Grey Matters columnist Deborah McNevin is a relatively long-time Yukoner and a relatively new senior, part of the writers’ collective for this column.
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Issue: 2019-11-13, PHOTO: Deborah McNevin
Online connections
In the old days–good or otherwise–interpersonal connections were via letter or phone or face-to-face. Now there are any number of interactions that can take place online and can lead to connections with real people. Read more
Issue: 2019-06-26, PHOTO: Pixabay
Confessions of an exercise hater
My inner brat just won’t listen. Some people are blessed with an inner prince or princess, but I am saddled with a brat, verging on a rebel. The adult me tells the inner brat about the benefits and merits of exercise. Read more
Issue: 2019-01-23, PHOTO: Deborah McNevin
Bridge too far
It began innocently enough. At a gathering shortly after I stopped working, I overheard a friend mentioning that another friend had said she was going to learn bridge in order to have something to do in the nursing home... Read more
courtesy of Deborah McNevin
Youth is a gift; age is an art
There are so many negative phrases out there about aging, aren’t there? I often hear the sayings “Old age ain’t for sissies” (Bette Davis) and “You don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone” (Joni Mitchell), or “Life’s a b--ch and then you die” (auth Read more