Ed Dwight
Ed Dwight, at 90, is featured in the National Geographic film “The Space Race,” which documents the stories of Black astronauts, and their first pioneer, Ed. Ed was selected by the Air Force to train as an astronaut with NASA, having met the criteria of 1500 hours of flying jets, a BA in engineering or […]
Life Is Meant for Joy!
A woman is running on the treadmill next to me at the gym, moaning and complaining the whole time. How miserable she is at having to work out, how hard it is to get herself to the gym knowing she’s in for an hour of pain. How she’d rather do pretty much anything other than […]
Danny Devito
Danny Devito, at 79, voiced the character of Uncle Dan in the animated film “Migration,” a role he took on, as he has many others, because of his love for his three children. Family-friendly films are important to Danny. Children’s reactions as they watch are a source of constant delight. Add this to his many […]
Quit Inflicting “BUT” on Yourself!
While I was waiting for my dance class to start, I watched an instructor patiently coach a couple through what was obviously one of their first lessons. The instructor was having them do a “box step,” which is what it sounds like. A “box” made with your feet. It consists of two parts, a forward […]
Peggy Coppom
Peggy Coppom, at 99, enjoyed a year like no other. She was Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year,” she’s featured in a documentary series (Amazon Prime) about coach Deion Sanders and has developed a friendship with Deion himself! All this after some 80 years of attending Colorado University football games in full CU regalia, pompoms […]
Dewey Muirhead
Dewey Muirhead, at 101, had the immense pleasure of being presented with his first great-great-grandchild, Millie. The WWII vet, who served in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Germany, France and Belgium, married his wife Inez right before his wartime service. The couple didn’t know if he’d return alive, yet Dewey did, and […]
Redefining Failure, Episode 88
What do you do when your life is OK, but you’d really love to have some piece of it be “WOW”? Like climbing a mountain or recording a song or contributing to world peace. But you figure there’s no way you could do any of that, you’d fail at such lofty dreams, so you go […]
Laverne Biser
Laverne Biser, at 105, is probably the oldest living eclipse chaser in the world. Laverne’s passion for eclipses all over the globe made him an international traveler, along with his wife of80 years, who shared his enthusiasm until she passed in 2023. Laverne was first entranced by the Milky Way, when he was a toddler, […]
Arthur Masterson
Arthur Masterson, at 96, was granted a much dreamed-of honorary high school diploma. Arthur left high school having completed all but his final year, to join the US Navy in 1945. He later served in the Korean War. Upon returning to civilian life, there was just no time or possibility of resuming his studies, given […]
Optimal Aging Beyond 70
Dr. Noelle Nelson, who is the author of over a dozen books, speaks with Sandra Siepak about the shared traits of people in their 70s to and beyond their 100s doing amazing things.