by Amy Martin I watched as he faded into the mist of memories the music had evoked. “This was before your time, of course,” my father said. Though his vision was failing and his […]
The Aging Hippie: Prayer Tree of Spring
By Amy Martin on March 1, 2016 In my backyard, there is a tree that blooms. When we moved here many years ago, it was lost in the darkness of oaks and cedar elms that […]
Vivian Castleberry: A pioneer in moving women and humanity forward through peace
A pioneer of women’s rights and international peace for 80 years, she contemplates retirement for real, but first has one last goal to meet by Amy Martin Vivian Castleberry is not ready to retire from […]
Elva Roy and Ambassadors For Aging
January-February 2016 Helping Arlington and the mid-cities civic community get ready for the Silver Tsunami by Amy Martin “Be the kind of woman who when your feet hit the floor in the morning the […]
Hippie funerals: Homegrown grieving
I’ve become quite the expert in hippie funerals. By experience, alas. The early-to-go baby boomers, the ones felled by cancer, too many of those, and folks like my friend Stu, who we still don’t know […]
Aging Hippies: Spring Fever
By Amy Martin February 25, 2015 Are you an aging tree-hugging hippie? If true, spring equinox is our day. My hippie roots run deep. It was 1969 and the flower children of Dallas were abloom. […]
