“I have had back and heart problems. That in part is what my new book This is the Door is about. I have aches and pains which remind me of my mortality. I worry some what the future will hold. I always thought bodily decline would be hard but interesting, like my body wants to turn into something else, and I try to hold on to this idea. I sometimes feel I am discounted, like I am a relic rather than a vital force now.” - author Darcey Steinke takes The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire.