oldest old women in the Northeast Kingdom —

lifeways of oldest women in northeastern Vermont

— life histories and intensive interviewing identify

dominant themes — working hard, staying strong,

dealing with difficult times, being a woman living off the land —

all emerge as dimensions of enduring practice —

aging mixtures of oldest-old, hardest-won practical endurance.

. . . . .

Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Source: NCBI PubMed article
Process: Grey out, remix, montage