Hi everyone it's Mo. For the last year I've been working on a new book

available now in print and in audio book read by yours truly it's's called Rock to Janarians, late in life debuts, comebacks and

triumphs. It's about people who achieved greatness at a time in life when society expected them to be winding down.

The book includes the stories of Colonel Sanders who, living off Social Security, hit the road at 66 with two pressure cookers and his

secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices. Within a decade he was the face of a

Kentucky fried empire. In his 70s he was no longer able to paint.

In his 70s, a cancer-stricken Henri Matisse

was no longer able to paint,

so he put down his brush and picked up a pair of scissors, embarking on a whole new brilliant artistic chapter with his celebrated series of paper cutouts.

Then there's Rockagenarian and civil rights leader Mary Church

Terrell. She came out of retirement to lead sit-ins at segregated Washington DC

lunch counters when she was 86.

There are stories of personal late-in-life milestones as well.

Take Mr. Pickles, the Houston Zoo Tortoise who became a first-time father at 90.

Take that Alpigino.

My co-author Jonathan Greenberg and I include stories of rocked-genarian soldiers who refused to let age keep

them from the front lines.

Athletes like long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad. Musicians like Queen Guitarist Brian May, who went back to school

to complete his PhD in astrophysics at age 60. Also included in the lineup, comedians, inventors, and writers.

Speaking of which, here is an excerpt from the audiobook edition of Rockagenarians. It's the story of Little House author Laura

Ingles Wilder. Enjoy. And feel free to spread the word.

Rochagenarians is available now from your favorite audio book retailer. Laura Ingles Wilder, literary frontierswoman, began publishing the Little House

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