Archive - A Considerable Age

I Know Why My Mother Drank

The night before I married my first husband, fifty years ago in Dublin, I told my parents that if they drank at the wedding reception, I would never…

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Do Not Go Gentle

When you discover that you know more people in a cemetery than out of it, you realize that time has passed.

Jan 26 •

Virginia Fisher Yaffe

These Boots Were Made for Talking

"You swear too much" topped her husband's list of complaints about my friend Adira.

Jan 19 •

My biopsy appointment was in two hours.

Jan 12 •

Not Your Grandmother's Brownie Recipe

It looked like any other brownie, only smaller.

Jan 5 •

Mary Kathryn Dunlop

December 2024

Don't Lose Your Light

Finding gratitude in a difficult world

Dec 29, 2024 •

Alice Goldbloom

Uncle John and the Christmas Turkey

A special edition for Christmas morning

Dec 25, 2024 •

These Are a Few of My Favourite Things

A version of this story appeared in December 2022.

Dec 22, 2024 •

Sylvie Lamoureux

The Numbers Game

Numbers are absolute, but they are also relative.

Dec 15, 2024 •

David Goldbloom

A Call for Submissions

A Considerable Age welcomes your stories!

Dec 10, 2024 •

Alice Goldbloom

We have been at a loss this fall.

Dec 8, 2024 •

Double My Duplicate

When I was a child, we often had dinner at my grandmother’s on Friday nights.

Dec 1, 2024 •

Virginia Fisher Yaffe

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