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Ann MacDonald

Cognoscenti contributor

Ann MacDonald is a medical writer and graduate of GrubStreet's Memoir Incubator. She has published essays in The Boston Globe, STAT and The New York Times.

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Learning to ice skate — at 67

Learning to ice skate — at 67

"Are you ready to have some fun?” Dottie, the 83-year-old skating instructor, asked Ann MacDonald during her first ice skating lesson. "I wasn’t," MacDonald writes. "I was ready to flee....

Feb 26, 2026
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