@Sanfmark

Sociologist interested in how people resolve self control dilemmas in order to achieve personal development goals.

 Ashland, OR
Joined June 2008
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The Unseen Work of Good Conversation

Arriving with something to say: the inner work behind outer connection

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The Quiet Weather Beneath the Calm

What courtesies hide and the bliss of collective denial

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Power Recast: Agency in the Later Chapters of Life

The New Sources of Strength in Senior Living

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I just published The Gap Between Occupancy and Purpose in an Elder Community medium.com/p/the-gap-between…

The Gap Between Occupancy and Purpose in an Elder Community

How to address being busy and being needed

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Two Ways of Growing Old Under One Roof

Living Forward or Slipping Back: Divergent Paths in Senior Living

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How a Place Begins to Feel Like Your Own

Becoming transparent, beyond the door at senior living

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The Quiet Work of Small Talk

Why small talk matters more than it used to in a senior village

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I just published The Silent Medicine of Company in Senior Living medium.com/p/the-silent-medi…

The Silent Medicine of Company in Senior Living

A life among others, a body sustained

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The Lived Experience of Thought in a Senior Living Community

When thinking becomes a place to live

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Life on the Other Side of the Grindstone

What defines a life after striving and moving to a retirement community

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Empathetic Distress in the Land of Widows

In the company of widowers-to-be and the advance Guard of Loss

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Seen and Unseen: The Tension Between Privacy, Fear, and Transparency in Senior Community Life

On Being Recognized Without Being Known in an early stage of acquaintanceship

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The Losses of Growing Older and What Can Be Done About Them

After the Peak: Living with Diminishment and Purpose

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When Intentions Outpace Action: Understanding Follow‑Through in Senior Living

It’s not guaranteed, but it might happen if not today, sometime in the future

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Dignity at the Edge of the Story

Composure in a Community of Last Chapters

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Discipline and Self-Worth in the Last Quarter

No deadlines: Life in the optional world of senior living

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The Social Dynamics of Aging: Dignity and Curiosity Beyond Loss

Status, identity, and the reordering of daily life

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Dignity in Declining: the Difference Between Craving, Restraint, and Self-Control

Restraint is often mistaken for bearing down and being determined. We picture clenched jaws, white knuckles, the grim heroics of…

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Health, Forgetfulness, and the Hunger to Be Known

Senior community living brings its own set of losses and unexpected events

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