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Photography
Title
To Love and To Care For Photographs
Year
2005
After 63 years of marriage, Doris and George Castonia do the best they can to care for each other. Christine Shanahan documents how despite the love the Castonia's have for each other, life is not getting easier.
Type
Multimedia
Title
We Danced
Year
2012
Even in old age, one women in Maine likes to go dancing and ride motorcycles. Lola Matteau speaks about the death of her close friend Armand Talbot, and how much he allowed her to experience new things in life.
Type
Radio
Title
Bury Me Deep: Two Hospice Workers Invite Us Into the World of Death and Dying
Year
2011
Transgressing the boundaries of the living and dying on a daily basis, Alison Milne and Michael Schooley travel hundreds of miles around Maine to offer hospice care. Rachel James documents the work that Milne and Schooley do as hospice caretakers and having to make their own boundaries less permeable.
Type
Multimedia
Title
A Reason For Living
Year
2013
At the age of 85, Lucy Heywood is writing her life story and reflecting on her experiences. Ben Buddig documents how Heywood speaks about the good times in her life, and the challenges she fought through.
Type
Photography
Title
Livin Where You Want to Live Photographs
Year
1981
Living on Mount Desert Island for nearly 66 years, Draper Liscomb has spent his whole life making a living in Maine. Mark Emerson captures images of Liscomb on at his home.
Type
published content
Title
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Year
1974
At the age of 86, the Furbish twins, Ethel and Edie, have many interesting stories from their childhoods. Anne Gorham and Sherri Jones speak to the twins about their experiences.
Type
Multimedia
Title
A Grandmother's Heart
Year
2014
Motivated to make art from a young age, Michelle Estell was inspired by her grandmother, who now has Alzheimer's. Stephanie Strauss profiles how Estell makes art influenced by her grandmother.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Muck a Little, Talk a Little
Year
2015
On Peaks Island, there are three women in their 70's who work together caring for horses. Olga Kreimer documents how these women do not let age get the best of them.
Type
Radio
Title
The Nest
Year
2010
Speaking candidly about life and death, Bob and Terry Rohe, a couple in their 90's, discuss their love for each other at old age. Leila Day highlights how the Rohe's decided to continue living with each other, defying doctor's orders to move into a retirement home.
Type
Radio
Title
A Liberated Lady
Year
2009
Alice Loesch recounts the experience of having an alcoholic husband. Loesch speaks about getting divorced, finding liberation in her life, and meeting a new man in old age.
Type
Radio
Title
Versions of Love: Life is Long and Love is Complicated
Year
2011
Anne Skolas has experienced different versions of love throughout her life, and at 68 years old, questions pursuing old relationships. Sharon Mashihi speaks to Skolas about discovering and rebuilding relationships at different periods in her life.
Type
Photography
Title
Tactility
Year
2010
Speaking candidly about life and death, Bob and Terry Rohe, a couple in their 90's, discuss their love for each other at old age. Lily Piel captures how the Rohe's decided to continue living with each other, defying doctor's orders to move into a retirement home.
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