Janet Banks
Cognoscenti contributor
Janet Banks is a retired business executive and a writer. Her personal essays have been published by The Harvard Business Review, The Rumpus, Entropy Magazine and Persimmon Tree, among others.
Recently published
The Pandemic Convinced Me To Stop Coloring My Hair. Here’s The Real Me, Fully Gray
Soon Janet Banks will be vaccinated and she'll return to the salon for a haircut. But, she writes, she'll keep the gray.
For The Love Of Iowa
I grew up in Iowa, writes Janet Banks. Grassroots democracy is in my DNA.
After The Fall: When A Tumble Shakes Up More Than Your Sense Of Balance
As a 72-year-old woman with osteoporosis, Janet Banks writes, I was too old, and my bones too brittle, to be falling down stairs.
Ten Bucks, Unlimited Vistas: A Golden Time To Visit America's National Parks
The Senior Pass, for those 62 and older, costs a one-time $10 fee and offers access to 400 national parks and monuments.
The Age Project: Living Well Into Our 70s
My husband and I asked ourselves: How do we want life in our 70s to be?
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Side Effects: A Husband's Ailments, A Wife's Worry
An aging couple searches for the balance between medicating conditions and tolerating them.