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Life is a journey and to many, an adventure. “Advanced age is a privilege,” says one 112 year old woman. Others would say to age gracefully is a challenge. This essay is a compilation of interviews, thoughts and observations on what it is like to be one hundred plus. Let it be known, I made arrangements to interview several one hundred plus men and by the dates of their scheduled appointments, they were deceased. I have not given up on a male candidate. I know at age one hundred plus, some fine gentlemen are benefiting from longevity.

Let me introduce you to Ethel, Dr. Jane, Margaret and Carmela. I have made one honorary exception. Catherine aspired to live past the age of the famous folk artist and neighbor from Eagle Bridge, New York, Grandma Mary Robertson Moses’ age of 103 but she only lived to age 93. I consider it to be a stretch to the imagination. So be it.

One of the ladies in the book lived to 115 and is the woman on the cover of the book.  Living to One Hundred Plus, copyright 2018, The Troy Bookmakers, ISBN 978-1-61468-481-7

 

Patricia Crandall has published numerous articles and short stories in various magazines and newspapers. She has eight books in print, Melrose, Then and Now, a historical volume, I Passed This Way, a poetry collection, The Dog Men, a thriller, Tales of an Upstate New York Bottle Miner, non-fiction, Pat’s Collectibles, a collection of short stories, Living to One Hundred Plus, a collection of interviews of women living past one hundred and a y/a thriller about child sex trafficking titled The Red Gondola and the Cova. A Reunion of Death is a Christmas mystery in the method of Agatha Christie.

In November 2022, she will publish Lacy O’Dunn, The Rookie, a crime/thriller involving drugs, car bashing senior citizens on icy winter roads. who retaliate with a rosary posse. She is presently working on two mysteries, Mystery at Cotswald Cottage and Welcome to Highland Springs. She lives with her husband, Art, and a rescue cat, Bette, at Babcock Lake in the Grafton Mountains near Petersburgh, New York. She has two children and three grandchildren who live nearby.

Visit her author site at www.patriciacrandall.com