Claudia Kalb

2 weeks ago | nationalgeographic.com | Claudia Kalb |Muhammad Fadli

On a damp December morning in the mountainous district of Ambarawa in Central Java, a woman in an inky black sleeveless vest and gathered skirt balances herself on the back of a motorbike that carries her through a small village, past houses adorned with tropical plants and birdcages, and into a forest. The land here, some 300 miles east of Indonesia’s capital of Jakarta, brims with shrubs and trees that grow a variety of crops, including cassava and coffee.

Sep 18, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Claudia Kalb

Library books are like zeitgeist barometers. If multiple copies are checked out, the subject intrigues us; if there’s a waiting list, people are obsessed. “How to Be Old,” a memoir published earlier this year by Lyn Slater, falls into the latter category. When I went to borrow the book at my local library, I discovered that all 12 copies (print, audiobook, e-book, and Kindle) were checked out and the waiting list was 29 readers long. We all want to know how to be old.

Feb 16, 2024 | networthynews.com | Claudia Kalb |Photos Isadora Kosofsky

ByClaudia KalbPhotos ByIsadora KosofskyReleased February 13, 2024Jackie Vorhauer and her sis observed their mom’s habits start to alter in 2012. Nancy Vorhauer, a glass artist in her early 70s, forgot to call Jackie on her birthday. She lost her phone. She didn’t pay her expenses. She made numerous copies of her secrets. As Nancy’s signs heightened, Jackie made journeys from her Los Angeles home to Millville, New Jersey, to look at her mom. One night, Jackie got here to discover the home locked.

Feb 13, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Claudia Kalb |Isadora Kosofsky

Cases of dementia are rising around the world, and caregivers are struggling. But families and experts are coming up with new ways to look after loved ones with dignity.

Jan 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Claudia Kalb |Kay Redfield Jamison |Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Oliver Sacks merges science and storytelling with elegance and grace in every one of his books about human behavior. He’s honest, compassionate, and curious—all characteristics that consistently draw me to his writing and make me what to learn more. In An Anthropologist on Mars, Sacks profiles seven neurological patients and the conditions that affect them, including a painter with colorblindness and the scientist Temple Grandin, who has autism.