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I've always been interested in the idea of people who fell through the cracks.

I use the term 'spine' for people when I think that they may seem on the surface sort of reticent, shy, self-deprecating, shying away from the spotlight. Quiet.

Ageing means a loss of a number of skills over time.

I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls.

Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.

Aging is mostly the failure to repair.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.