In Spring 2023, my 20-something daughter, Olivia Mater, and I took a road trip from Tobermory to Thunder Bay, Ont. We were both at crossroads: I was about to turn 60, and Olivia was starting a job as a canoe technician in a provincial park.

Somewhere around the town of Marathon, we remembered an idea we’d had. Olivia would write a list of questions for me that probed my experience of wisdom and aging. As rocks, trees and rain slid past the car windows, she dove into her phone.

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After about 15 minutes of intense tap-tapping, she came up with a list — one generation........

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