{"id":3937,"date":"2021-12-23T11:13:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T19:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitariancongregation.org\/saltspring\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=3937"},"modified":"2021-12-23T14:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T22:09:43","slug":"sunday-january-9th-on-zoom-ralph-milton-well-aged-making-the-most-of-your-platinum-years","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/unitariancongregation.org\/saltspring\/services\/sunday-january-9th-on-zoom-ralph-milton-well-aged-making-the-most-of-your-platinum-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday January 9th on Zoom Ralph Milton &#8220;Well Aged: Making the Most of Your Platinum Years.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of his book, Ralph says<br><br>&#8220;My hope is that the pages that follow will give younger people<br>an insight into what these platinum years are like for those of us<br>who are over eighty. I hope they give us a bit of the feel, the taste, the<br>beauty and the pain of it all-that we&#8217;ll come to think of old as a good<br>thing to be. Platinum is even more precious than gold, but softer and<br>more easily marred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ralph Milton&nbsp;was publisher of Wood Lake Books from 1980 to 2000. He has written hundreds of&nbsp;magazine articles and is the author of over twenty books. He holds two honorary doctorates (Doctor&nbsp;of Divinity and Doctor of Sacred Letters). Milton lives in Kelowna, BC, with Beverley, his wife of 63&nbsp;years.<br><br>Ralph&#8217;s work has taken him to many different countries, mostly in<br>Africa and Asia, where he worked ecumenically with a wide variety<br>of churches and faith groups: Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of his book, Ralph says &#8220;My hope is that the pages that follow will give younger peoplean insight into what these platinum years are like for those of uswho are over eighty. 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