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Inge Schaefer Horton was helping set up an exhibition of the work of European women architects when one of her American friends told her “it is a shame” female architects in the United States had only Julia Morgan as a role model. That was 1987 in San Francisco, when the Organization of Women Architects was ...
Once upon a time, before the written word, there was the oral tradition. Skilled storytellers addressed people’s hopes, fears and dreams by weaving a good tale. “Fairy tales, also known as ‘wisdom tales,’ were told to adults in olden days,” said Olive Hackett-Shaughnessy. “Life was hard and in the magical delight and adventure of ...
Rebecca Lum never thought she’d find herself in a boxing gym. But there she was in a dark room, one wall plastered with pictures of “mean-looking” boxers and heavy metal as background music. But it’s where she first found relief from the stiffness of Parkinson’s Disease. After years searching for a diagnosis for the wild ...
When people ask “What’s next?” Martha Nell Beatty responds, “Where’s next?” The consummate world traveler has visited more than 110 countries and five continents in her 86 years and still has many miles to go. When interviewed she had two trips booked back to back — first off to Portland and then to Cabo San Lucas. She’s no vagabond; travel ...
If it’s Wednesday, you’ll find 76-year-old Annie Biderman at her Spanish class –unless the retired nurse has decided to go birdwatching or spend extra time working out on the elliptical machine in the basement of her Glen Park home. If it’s Thursday, Susie Tyner, 73, is playing the steel drums in a band she organized, ...
Every morning at about 8:10, Xue Ya Yu leaves her Visitacion Valley home and catches Muni’s 44 O’Shaughnessy. After a transfer and an 80-minute ride that takes her across San Francisco, the 84-year-old grandmother is at the Jackie Chan Senior Center, ready to go work. Yu, a bit frail but energetic and cheerful, has been ...
