This study group uses essays, fiction, poems and memoir excerpts written by women about aging as prompts for reflective writing. Following a discussion, members will write during class and volunteers will share their writing with the group.

Sample prompts are: Write about a fear you have in growing older or describe a strength or positive attribute that has emerged in you as you’ve grown older. This is not a creative writing class, but an opportunity to reflect more deeply through writing about what aging means to us as individuals.

Instructor Beth Spencer is a geriatric social worker, avid reader, and writer with decades of teaching experience.

This study group for those 50 and over will meet for two hours on Thursdays from April 6 through May 4.