 By Elizabeth Russell | Bio
Read Part I and Part II of this series.
It is difficult not to notice that many people focus on their
health—the latest visit to the doctor or the most recent medication. I
realize that, at least in part, this is due to a shift in
attention—away from a concern with family, community or the world and
toward this body in which we dwell and which, at this time of life,
would command all of our attention if we let it. It is also difficult
to live in this environment and not be reminded, almost daily, of our
mortality, as one after another of us leaves in an ambulance. [ Read More]
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 By Elizabeth Russell | Bio
Read Part I of this series.
As soon as I got over thinking of myself as an oddity in the
environment and began looking around, I discovered some very
interesting people. One of the early people I met had been a detective (a Private I!) for
over 35 years and had some hair-raising stories to tell, including her
gathering evidence against an East Bay union boss who was using sexual
coercion against women seeking work. [ Read More]
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By Elizabeth Russell | Bio
I
had enormous resistance in moving into what I thought of as “an old
folks’ home.” For years I had said to my children, “I’ll never live in
one of those places!” When circumstances conspired to make such a move
wise, I spent much of the first few months in my new home looking at
San Francisco apartment ads, traveling to the city to look at those
apartments. As I did, I began to notice the difference it would mean to
me living in one of those apartments as compared with living in
Woodside Terrace. Increasingly I acknowledged that it no longer made
sense for me to live alone and, with that acknowledgment, came the
appreciation of having my apartment cleaned and my linen changed
weekly, having meals prepared for me and having emergency help as near
as the cord next to my bed or by the shower in my bathroom.[ Read More]
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