The later years

“Have you developed a habit in the last decade that surprises you?”

Tips for asking

Writing letters, swimming early, naming the birds, making bread, walking the same loop.

Listen for

Why this one, now, and not before?

More from The later years

“What does death look like to you now, compared with what it looked like when you were forty?”

“Is there a question that, twenty years ago, you thought you'd have figured out by now — and you haven't?”

“What's quieter in your life now that used to make a lot of noise?”