How a 97-Year-Old Grandma Became a Death Metal Sensation

January 2019
 

You’d never guess that 97-year-old Inge Ginsberg once wrote lyrics for the King of Cool himself, Dean Martin.

In her most recent incarnation, she fronts, in pearls and sequin gowns, a heavy metal band, Inge & the TritoneKings. But even that’s just one astonishing interlude in a life filled with them.

Born in 1922, Inge describes herself as a “Jewish princess in Vienna. Whoever could play the piano was the center of attention.” Ten years of piano lessons made her social royalty. Nothing prepared her family for Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria.

In 1942, Ginsberg’s mother sold all her jewels to smuggle the family out of Austria. Like the famous scene in The Sound of Music, they escaped over the Alps, almost freezing to death...

Click here to read more and view a 12-minute documentary on Inge.

Guess What Life-Changing Device Was Invented by a Later Bloomer?

The Instant Pot!

In his mid-40s, Robert J. Wang was fired from the startup he'd co-founded. He had two small children, and cooking healthy meals could be challenging. They ate a lot of take-out. And he needed a project.

Two years later, the ex-Nortel engineer came up a new and safer on the 1950s pressure cooker.

His space-age device uses a microprocessor along with thermal- and pressure-sensor technology. It functions as, among other things, a slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, steamer, sauté pan, food warmer. George Jetson would be proud.

(Fellow late bloomer Julia Child, however, would probably be aghast.)

But is it really life-changing? Here are a few comments from the Later Bloomers Facebook Page when I posted this story: 

• "I use mine almost every single day...Not an exaggeration to say the device is life changing."
• "It has changed my life...frees me up for more creativity....an awesome time saver!"