Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Questionnaires and Interviews
Personal Essays
Link Roundups
The Oldster Podcast
Bloggy Things
Ask The East Village Yenta
Archive
About
Q: Who Qualifies As An Oldster? A: Everyone. Here's Why...
Oldster Magazine is not like other aging-related media. A word about how and why I'm exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body—*at…
Apr 22, 2022
•
Sari Botton
499
173
37
Letter from the Editor #14
The senior action groups giving me hope; The Power of Later (aka giving yourself things to look forward to)...
17 hrs ago
•
Sari Botton
73
24
6
This is 68: Makeup Icon and Memoirist Bobbi Brown Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Sometimes I look in the mirror and think ‘Oh my gosh, who is that?’ and other days I’m like ‘Wow, I look good’. Every day has its own surprises."
Jan 14
•
Sari Botton
118
47
9
Most Popular
View all
This is 54: Author Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
Dec 13, 2023
•
Sari Botton
3,370
67
432
For my 70th Birthday I Hired an Escort
Jul 7, 2025
•
Gail
730
278
48
The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire Live with Rosie O’Donnell
Apr 7, 2025
•
Sari Botton
and
ROSIE ODONNELL
1,211
92
73
How to Lengthen Your Life
Nov 10, 2023
•
Alain DeBotton
1,028
179
217
This is 86: Retired Psychologist/Painter Bella Ruth Bader Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
Jul 17, 2024
•
Sari Botton
939
310
91
Frank Turns 100
Sep 26, 2025
•
Sari Botton
and
Julie Metz
162
93
15
Recent posts
View all
50 Years On, My Brain Remains Shaped by The Ramones
Evan Schwartz recalls the punk rock moment that forever changed his view of life and the world.
Jan 12
•
Oldster Magazine
and
Evan I. Schwartz
135
37
11
A Juicy Friday Link Roundup
Fresh-squeezed just for you.
Jan 9
•
Sari Botton
126
33
5
Letter from the Editor #13
How I'm holding it together in these times; It turns out I like being 60 a lot better than I liked being 30; More on the March 4th Oldster Variety Hour…
Jan 8
•
Sari Botton
140
68
12
This is 81: Poet Judith Barrington Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I had always bought into the cliches about old people being sad and lonely. These last dozen years have been the happiest of my life."
Jan 7
•
Sari Botton
114
36
7
Finding Complexity and Sweetness in Life’s Onion Layers
At 65, Elli Benaiah traces the patterns that have shaped his life over time, recognizing the value in even the more bitter moments that have made him…
Jan 5
•
Oldster Magazine
and
Elli Benaiah
182
61
22
I Wrote My Eulogy and It Changed Everything In My Life
A surprisingly effective way to stop wasting your life on “someday.” PLUS: An open thread forum where you can share your own.
Jan 2
•
Sari Botton
and
Karen Salmansohn
254
169
45
Letter from the Editor #12
Recalling an earth-shattering (literally) New Year's Day past; Finally, explanations for decreased alcohol tolerance with age; How to jumpstart your…
Jan 1
•
Sari Botton
94
32
7
This is 75: Museum Designer, Artist, Author John Sunderland Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Another life began for me at 70 when I realized that I felt just as alive as I did 30 years before."
Dec 31, 2025
•
Sari Botton
63
7
6
See all
Home Page Feature
View all
This is 95: Artist and Holocaust Survivor Tibor Spitz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"In essence, my birthday is every day."
Jan 29, 2025
•
Sari Botton
212
45
40
Hope? Ha Ha Ha Ha...
In her early 80s, Abigail Thomas has her doubts about the future of humanity and life after death.
May 4, 2023
•
Abigail Thomas
128
39
8
This is 54: Cheryl Strayed Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Fifty-four years of living has taught me that I can persist through the hard times—and also that hard times pass."
Apr 6, 2023
•
Sari Botton
234
52
11
The Art of Healing
Stumbling upon some paintings she made 16 years ago while being treated for cancer, Viney Kirpal is reminded of the meditative power of art-making, and…
Mar 18, 2023
•
Viney Kirpal
89
32
2
Letter to My Younger Self #3: About What Happened in Chinatown
Lani V. Cox addresses her 16-year-old self, a girl who underwent plastic surgery at her mother's urging and emerged determined to never let others…
Jan 30, 2023
•
Lani
103
35
2
This is 68: Celeste Lecesne Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"Ever since I was a child, I had a sense that my life would really take off when I was in my 60s. And this has turned out to be true."
Dec 19, 2022
•
Sari Botton
64
20
2
Keeping My Promise to Popo
As Anne Liu Kellor says goodbye to her Chinese grandmother in the hospital, she taps into buried memories and family trauma.
Dec 7, 2022
•
Anne Liu Kellor
74
15
2
This is 71: Art Critic Jerry Saltz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"On the inside I feel the exact same as I did when I was like 45, so outside I act that way."
Oct 31, 2022
•
Sari Botton
110
16
4
This is 92: Hilma Wolitzer Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I loved being young, and I don’t terribly mind being an old woman, but I refuse to be an old girl—someone who’s coy about her age."
Sep 30, 2022
•
Sari Botton
93
13
3
This is 52: Rashunda Tramble Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
"I’m blessed to have grown up with women who didn’t have to scream that they were old, beautiful, and proud because it was a given."
Aug 15, 2022
•
Sari Botton
53
20
1
36:23
In Conversation: Neko Case and Jacinta Bunnell
Listen in as they discuss old friendships, getting older, cloth adult diapers, Oldster Magazine, and more...
Jul 18, 2022
•
Sari Botton
71
13
2
Burning it Down
After shearing off her dyed hair and growing it out silver, Joy Castro considers the thrill and terror that come with setting oneself free.
Jul 15, 2022
•
Joy Castro
378
85
26
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
