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Engaging With Aging: Gems from Doris Carnevali's blog
Do you worry about aging? In her blog, 100-year-old Doris Carnevali walks us through the final stage of extreme old age. Is old age necessarily a state of stagnation? How do you bake cookies when you rely on a walker? How do you maintain your self-esteem? How do you tackle daily life? How can a failing brain mitigate the effects of a failing brain? What are the pleasures of extreme old age?A retired professor of nursing, Carnevali scrutinises her experience of aging like a scientist and a very wise woman. Engaging With Aging is based on her blog posts, selected, abridged, edited and illustrated by Rachel McAlpine. You will never find another book quite like this.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 8, 2021
About the author
Rachel McAlpine
36 books2 followersMcAlpine and her five sisters grew up in small-town vicarages in Canterbury, New Zealand. When she was 10 the family moved to Christchurch, where she attended Christchurch Girls High School and Canterbury University, graduating BA and Senior Scholar. She was married twice: to civil engineer Grant McAlpine (1969-1981) and to artist Michael Smither (1988-1992).
After four years in Geneva she moved to Masterton, New Zealand. There she raised four children, taught high school, wrote her first poetry book, and gained a Dip. Ed (Massey University) and B.A. Hons (Victoria University of Wellington).
McAlpine says that her career swerved abruptly in May 1995, when she first saw a web site. As a writer, she immediately realized that traditional writing styles would need to change for this new medium. She began teaching short courses on writing and managing web content in 1996, writing her first book on the topic, Web Word Wizardry, in 1999.
As Curriculum Director of Contented Enterprises, McAlpine created online writing courses. Contented teaches writing skills needed for blogs, social media, intranets, web sites, email, e-learning, and all documents that are managed electronically. Contented courses go beyond the traditional print-based curriculum for business writing: they show how to make content accessible and searchable. McAlpine's courses and conference speeches are original and playful (as befits a poet), while delivering solid information.
Besides her professional work, McAlpine writes two personal blogs. She lives in Wellington, dances with the Crows Feet Dance Collective, walks a lot and does Tai Chi. She also lobbies for plain language communication from government agencies.
~ Wikipedia
After four years in Geneva she moved to Masterton, New Zealand. There she raised four children, taught high school, wrote her first poetry book, and gained a Dip. Ed (Massey University) and B.A. Hons (Victoria University of Wellington).
McAlpine says that her career swerved abruptly in May 1995, when she first saw a web site. As a writer, she immediately realized that traditional writing styles would need to change for this new medium. She began teaching short courses on writing and managing web content in 1996, writing her first book on the topic, Web Word Wizardry, in 1999.
As Curriculum Director of Contented Enterprises, McAlpine created online writing courses. Contented teaches writing skills needed for blogs, social media, intranets, web sites, email, e-learning, and all documents that are managed electronically. Contented courses go beyond the traditional print-based curriculum for business writing: they show how to make content accessible and searchable. McAlpine's courses and conference speeches are original and playful (as befits a poet), while delivering solid information.
Besides her professional work, McAlpine writes two personal blogs. She lives in Wellington, dances with the Crows Feet Dance Collective, walks a lot and does Tai Chi. She also lobbies for plain language communication from government agencies.
~ Wikipedia
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December 25, 2022
A succinct account of changes that can occur normally with aging and how the author has learned to deal with them. Blogged originally by retired nurse Doris Carnevali from age 95 to 100, and edited by Rachel Alpine, the short, clear tips on how to cope can be useful to those of us who are aging. I gave it four stars because I missed feeling more of her personality in this abbreviated form. Read her blog at Engagingwithaging.com to get to know her more fully and to appreciate her as a remarkable woman.
June 14, 2025
Actually what I read was Volume 1 of Doris Carnevali’s blog in print. Amazing for someone 95 years old. Much appreciated as an example of what can be accomplished each day of life.
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