January 2014 - My New Old Self

Enough already with the mother-in-law jokes

Jan

31

2014

My New Old Self was not amused by the story of the “mother-in-law from hell going free” that was recently in the news. Presented as a light-hearted feature, it was about a man offering his mother-in-law in the Adopt a Pet section of a classified ad website. In a twist on the usual in-law dynamic, ...

Rest in Peace, Singer for Peace

Jan

29

2014

In tribute to a very long, well-lived life, here are some words about and by the late American and internationalist singer Pete Seeger: He’s gonna look a lot like your granddad that wears flannel shirts and funny hats. He’s gonna look like your granddad if your granddad can kick your ass. At 90, he remains ...

Song honoring Gramps and Grannies wins Grammys

Jan

27

2014

You heard it here first! When this blog was launched in mid-2013 its first post featured a song called Thrift Shop. My New Old Self had noticed that rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were singing about “granddad’s clothes” and confessed to dressing in “old women’s fur jackets”. Six months later this song snagged two ...

Anger management as you age

Jan

17

2014

“Get angry about ageism – and take action to combat it.” That’s a resolution for 2014 from one of the world’s most powerful lobbies for older people.* Of course My New Old Self decries age-based discrimination. Older people everywhere have been hard hit in this troubled economy and have less hope than younger people of ...

Wow, you look good for your age! 1

Jan

13

2014

Surely one of the benefits of getting older is no longer worrying about being bust by the Style Police. Wrong. Age seems to be no excuse for Fashion Faux Pas (French for wearing baggy tracksuit pants beyond the front door). Fashion advice to those over 50 emphasizes how not to dress, with warnings about Top ...

Stop multitasking, go outside and sleep more – already on it!

Jan

1

2014

Best wishes for the new year and here’s a compliment of the season for older people. Judging from the latest advice on making the most effective new year’s resolutions for 2014, it seems that we of a certain age are doing a lot of things right. Which means that we can happily ignore all the ...