
Traveling Solo at 82
Three weeks alone in a French medieval farmhouse was a time of exploration and revelation
January 6, 2023
Sandra Butler doesn’t identify as a senior citizen, as elderly or even as mature. She is unequivocally old. This excerpt from "The Kitchen is Closed: And Other Benefits of Being Old" addresses both the inevitable limitations that aging brings as well as her delight in the freedom that oldness confers, at least the freedom not to care about so many of the things that once seemed so important.