90-year-old woodworker builds his own Hobbit house

Photo of Stuart Grant in front of his Hobbit house. Photo appeared at SWNS.

Just after his 55th birthday in 1984, Stuart Grant bought a cottage near Inverness, Scotland, despite it being in near total disrepair. The old shoemaker’s house had no doors, windows or a roof. Because the quirky building was nearly 200 years old, Stuart thought it would be a fun do-it-yourself restoration project. He lived in […]

90-year-old graduates from college

Photo of Joyce DeFauw during her college graduation ceremony. Photo courtesy of Faithpot.

With her 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren watching, Joyce DeFauw received her diploma 70 years after leaving college to start a family.

92-year-old finds purpose in carving bowls for charities

Photo of Robert Gaines taken by The Burg News.

When 92-year-old Robert Gaines escapes to his garage almost daily, he does so to turn discarded wood into new bowls. In other words, he finds purpose by repurposing wood others would consider to be junk. Doing so re-energizes him, The Burg reported. A salesman by trade, he retired 30 years ago and now loves turning […]