"Moved to tears, dear Lori. Sweet, sweet tears." – Bernie DeKoven, author of The Well-Played Game and A Playful Path
“Words cannot describe how much I love this story.” – T. Asher, Content Strategist
Join city-dwelling-researcher-turned-island-dwelling-essayist-&-poet, Lori Kane, EdD, as she stays with the unhidden joy, unapologetic pain, and undaunted curiosity within herself and others to encounter a powerful form of wonder--daily--that many adults too-rarely encounter and so fail to believe in. Supported by a vast community that includes humans, trees, deer, sky, earth, seasons, and stars, Kane defines unshaken wonder, redefines playful elder, and explores what it takes to be a playful elder in an age of both increasing connectedness and polarization. With a mix of deeply personal research, community storytelling, practice and game sharing, humor, openness, and poetry, Kane demonstrates letting go of an angry, exhausted self into the always-present embrace of the playful elder community.
“Haven’t even made it through the intro – tears of joy, relief, swollen heart. So needed this book right this moment. Thank you for reminding me that she is still within me. I just forgot for a minute.” – Gina White, Photographer & Instructor at Photographic Center Northwest
“…not everyone is able to purposefully seek out a life of WONDER. And it’s even more rare to then write a beautifully articulated book about it.” – Sarah Saint-Laurent, Author of The Awakening Shakti series
"your experience is palpable – visceral – and takes me to the deepest, most vulnerable and sacred places within myself" – Christie Lynk, Clinical Director, MA in Existential Phenomenological Psychology program, Seattle University