The Orchid Series Archives - WHO I MET TODAY with Pamela Lamp Mon, 06 May 2024 15:35:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 137085276 Barbara Pagano – Live an Extraordinary Life https://whoimettoday.com/barbara-pagano-live-an-extraordinary-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbara-pagano-live-an-extraordinary-life https://whoimettoday.com/barbara-pagano-live-an-extraordinary-life/#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2024 14:36:58 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=7139 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! Thirteen years ago—when she was 65 years old—Barbara Pagano stumbled on a longevity website. She plugged in her basic health information, along with her family’s...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/barbara-pagano-live-an-extraordinary-life/feed/ 1 7139 Joan Hornberger – Change is Good https://whoimettoday.com/joan-hornberger-change-is-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joan-hornberger-change-is-good Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:47:53 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=6553 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! “Change is good, and I was ready for something different,” says Joan Hornberger. After 38 years of living in Charlottesville, VA, she and her husband...

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]]> 6553 Ardys – Attitude and Socialization https://whoimettoday.com/ardys-attitude-and-socialization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ardys-attitude-and-socialization https://whoimettoday.com/ardys-attitude-and-socialization/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:02:24 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=6176 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring humans over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of person I want to be when I grow up! Decades ago, Ardys’ young daughters were with their father for the Easter weekend. “I was divorced and alone,” she says. A friend called with a...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/ardys-attitude-and-socialization/feed/ 3 6176 Bubbles – The Orchid Series – A Yearly Activity https://whoimettoday.com/bubbles-the-orchid-series-a-yearly-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bubbles-the-orchid-series-a-yearly-activity https://whoimettoday.com/bubbles-the-orchid-series-a-yearly-activity/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:01:56 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=5884 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! In January, when Connie—Bubbles to all who know her—flips her calendar to 2023, she will begin another year of learning to do a new activity....

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/bubbles-the-orchid-series-a-yearly-activity/feed/ 2 5884 Marty Pavelich – Hockey Player https://whoimettoday.com/marty-pavelich-detroit-red-wings-hockey-player-who-i-met-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marty-pavelich-detroit-red-wings-hockey-player-who-i-met-today https://whoimettoday.com/marty-pavelich-detroit-red-wings-hockey-player-who-i-met-today/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2022 13:06:48 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=5699 The Orchid Series A collection of conversations featuring inspiring humans over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of person I want to be when I grow up!   How did I know, when I said hello to Marty Pavelich at a Colorado workout center, this almost 95-year-old dynamo would turn out to be...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/marty-pavelich-detroit-red-wings-hockey-player-who-i-met-today/feed/ 9 5699 Betty – Is Curiosity the Secret? https://whoimettoday.com/betty-is-curiosity-the-secret/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=betty-is-curiosity-the-secret Wed, 18 May 2022 11:10:46 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=5160 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up!   Assuming decent health and a side of good luck, what can we do to enhance our older years? How do we stay sharp so we...

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]]> 5160 Anne Chisholm – Aging Gracefully https://whoimettoday.com/anne-chisholm-aging-gracefully-who-i-met-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anne-chisholm-aging-gracefully-who-i-met-today Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:54:50 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4994 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up!   As tough as the preteen and early teen years are to navigate, can you imagine spending the entire workday with dozens of middle-school-aged kids? And,...

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]]> 4994 Sandell Morse – Living Apart to Stay Together https://whoimettoday.com/sandell-morse-living-apart-to-stay-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sandell-morse-living-apart-to-stay-together https://whoimettoday.com/sandell-morse-living-apart-to-stay-together/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:08:44 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4898 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up!   At 82, Sandell Morse skis down snowy mountains, hikes rugged trails, and hops on planes to explore new cities. Married more than sixty years, she...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/sandell-morse-living-apart-to-stay-together/feed/ 2 4898 Betty Nelson – Age Will Not Define Me https://whoimettoday.com/betty-nelson-age-will-not-define-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=betty-nelson-age-will-not-define-me https://whoimettoday.com/betty-nelson-age-will-not-define-me/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:05:45 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4657 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up!   Not long ago, Betty Nelson received test results from a physician. For a person this age, all looks fine, she read. Furious, Betty phoned the doctor’s...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/betty-nelson-age-will-not-define-me/feed/ 2 4657 Sue – Healing Through Dance https://whoimettoday.com/sue-healing-mind-body-spirit-through-dance-who-i-met-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sue-healing-mind-body-spirit-through-dance-who-i-met-today Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:21:17 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4541 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up!  From the time she was a small girl, Sue loved to dance. A few decades ago, she and her husband took ballroom dancing lessons “for...

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]]> 4541 Jan – Blessed with a Passion Project https://whoimettoday.com/jan-a-passion-project-who-i-met-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jan-a-passion-project-who-i-met-today Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:44:59 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4449 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! “God calls you lots of times, and you don’t pick up the phone,” says Jan. Twenty years ago, she and her late husband did answer...

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]]> 4449 Marj – The Orchid Series – Inspiring Women Over 75 https://whoimettoday.com/marj-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marj-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75 https://whoimettoday.com/marj-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2021 21:20:59 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4378 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! “Ours was a wonderful relationship, and I loved him dearly,” says Marj. “But I wish I’d told him how much I appreciated all the special...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/marj-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75/feed/ 5 4378 Ruby – The Orchid Series – Inspiring Women Over 75 https://whoimettoday.com/ruby-the-orchid-series-curious-women-over-75/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruby-the-orchid-series-curious-women-over-75 https://whoimettoday.com/ruby-the-orchid-series-curious-women-over-75/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:01:52 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4276 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! Many of the women I speak with for The Orchid Series live alone. It’s a sobering thought, but statistics show most of us will outlive...

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]]> https://whoimettoday.com/ruby-the-orchid-series-curious-women-over-75/feed/ 1 4276 Rosie – The Orchid Series – Inspiring Women Over 75 https://whoimettoday.com/rosie-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rosie-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75 https://whoimettoday.com/rosie-the-orchid-series-inspiring-women-over-75/#comments Thu, 27 May 2021 18:03:50 +0000 https://whoimettoday.com/?p=4221 The Orchid Series A collection of interviews featuring inspiring women over 75 years young. Curious, engaged, active, interesting. The sort of woman I want to be when I grow up! “The pandemic? It didn’t bother me,” says Rosie as we chatted over the phone one snowy April morning. “I just took one day at a...

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