“When I heard the music I was set for life. I just had to dance. My grandfather used to take…

  How how have you helped some of the staff transition to being Shabazim? “I would talk to them about…

What’s it like to be 93? “No one in my family has lived this long. My mother passed away when…

“I read Bill Thomas’ book What Are Old People For? and it was a very freeing experience for me, because…

What’s it like to be 78? “Right now, it seems like I’m more challenged than ever before because getting involved…

(2/2) “Soon after the Green House [at John Knox Village] opened, there was an elder with dementia who had been…

What’s it like to be 85? “I don’t feel any different because I’ve been very active–teaching school for 30 years,…