About me

I’m 70 plus and have lived so long, so far, because I’ve never believed all the shibboleths about old age–you must slow down, relax, take it easy, get plenty of sleep, do nothing. And I rarely accept a seat proffered to me on the subway! It’s not that I don’t have physical problems. I do, and have been taking medication for half my life for high blood pressure, erratic heartbeat and water retention.

Since the age of 22 I’ve been an editor and journalist but it was only after retirement did I start to write and publish books, my true ambition. My first book appeared when I was 60 and since then I’ve written four more. My latest was published in 2005 and after it came out I was asked by the Library of Congress to give a speech on it.

In AgeBuster, I want to talk positively with you about growing older and not giving up the ship. For me, growing older has been the start of a whole new life. The key words of AbeBuster will be accept, dare, persevere, refuse to be constantly negative.