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How to Age Well November 2021: A Special Feature Presented by Age Well
Age Well News Welcome to Age Well’s new regular feature in Vermont Maturity! It is hard to believe winter is almost upon us! Age Well staff and volunteers have been busy…
Vermont Cross-Country Skiing
Cross-country skiing has been having its moment in the bright winter sun. In 2018, the United States brought home its first Olympic gold medal in Nordic skiing when Kikkan Randall and…
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Remains Alive and Well in Older Adults
Everyone has encountered The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. The classic study published in the 60’s primed elementary school teachers by telling them that specific students in their individual classrooms had shown extraordinary learning…
What if the Turkey Had Been our National Symbol?
As the story goes, Benjamin Franklin wasn’t a big fan of the bald eagle. According to a 2013 article on Smithsonian.com, in a 1784 letter to his daughter, old Ben wrote…
Learning Opportunities Boomers & Seniors May Not Know About
And so, we are back to talk more about later-in-life learning and what some of the unexpected opportunities are. From the What Have You Got to Learn list we discussed last…
