Tag Archives: Dealing with an Illness

How We Age by Marc E. Agronin

Working in nursing homes taught me about old age — but I was unprepared for my grandfather's last days
Posted on April 1, 2011 by Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

From the book How We Age: A Doctor’s Journey into the Heart of Growing Old by Marc E. Agronin, MD. Excerpted by arrangement with Da Capo Lifelong, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright (c) 2011. Until the year … Continue reading →

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Dying is Not Always a Sad Process

My grandmother's glorious last hurrah
Posted on March 28, 2011 by Suzette Sherman (Founder, SevenPonds)

We think of dying as something sad — a path paved only with despair. But my grandmother Ida taught me otherwise. One day, at age 81, she awoke with difficulty swallowing. My mother took her to the doctor, who fed a … Continue reading →

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“Must You Go? My Life with Harold Pinter” by Antonia Fraser

by Antonia Fraser
Posted on March 11, 2011 by Florentino Jimenez (Contributor, SevenPonds)

  From a distance, the marriage of Antonia Fraser, a notable British biographer and author, and the late Harold Pinter, the 2005 Nobel Laureate of Literature, would seem an unlikely match; Pinter having been rather irritable and abrasive, while Fraser … Continue reading →

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