Pickleball
Why Pickleball Brings Generations Together
Grandparents, parents, and grandchildren on the same court — here's why the game has quietly become the warmest place in the neighborhood.
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Short notes from a long life.
Bea's between-books writing — small essays on aging, design, friendship, and the occasional argument with technology. New pieces appear when they're ready, not before.
Behind the book
Writing Paxton Plays Pickleball
How a yellow ball, a few smiling kids, and a quiet hunch turned into a brand-new book.
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Aging With Humor
If you can't laugh at your knees, your wifi, or your auto-correct, the years will be very long indeed.
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Designing a Life You Didn't Expect
What forty years of design taught me about the rooms — and decades — we keep accidentally rearranging.
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Friendship After Seventy
The Wednesday lunch is a kind of architecture. Here's what it holds up.
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Technology, Dating, and Other Modern Madness
A field report from the front lines of two-factor authentication and one-too-many dating apps.
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