freelance-photography

Bernie Sinclaire calls herself a "mommunist."

This essay is part of The New American Home, a series that examines multigenerational houses.

"I have always seen myself as a very ordinary person with no real athletic ability," said Linda Kelly.

Still, at 80, she has completed multiple half-marathons and routinely hikes, bikes, and runs around her part-time home in Anchorage, Alaska.

Carol Foster inched her walker toward the front of a senior living meeting room and paused while a virtual reality headset was strapped onto her face.

Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms.

That doesn't tell the full story, though.