Don’t say this to a friend with breast cancer

January 30, 2017
breast-cancer
It's hard to know what to say to a friend who's just heard a cancer diagnosis.  Ronna Benjamin gets that--she has breast cancer and she's heard it all. So she's come up...
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Boomer reading

January 28, 2017
boomer
It's that time again: a group of us who love boomer blogging are doing our thing with content that anyone can enjoy--even if you're not a Baby Boomer. Adventures in...
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5 Comments · Blog

Dumbing down of America

January 27, 2017
dumbing-down
"I'd kill for my kids," she told me once.  "They've always been my priority." They have nothing to do with her, any longer, though, because she was never their mom:...
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Sizing women’s clothing today

January 26, 2017
clothing-sizes
As a woman of Sicilian descent and the corresponding womanly figure, I have noticed a disturbing trend in women's clothing. It's a lot smaller than it used to be. Not...
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38 Comments · Blog, Stylin'

The blues

January 25, 2017
blues
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Turning point

January 24, 2017
turning-point
Do you remember any particular turning point in your life? Maybe a time when you ended a bad relationship? Or left a job that no longer fulfilled you? This has been...
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36 Comments · Soul School

Let’s get laughing, why don’t we?

January 23, 2017
laughing
If you're a friend of mine and especially a man, the next time I see you I would just love for you to do this. Just sayin'. I'll let you imagine me laughing. Laughing...
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No hate, no fear

January 22, 2017
no-hate
To my (few) friends who supported Trump: I wish you could have experienced beautiful, loving, supportive, positive, diverse, non-violent and joyful Women's March in San...
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11 Comments · Blog, Soul School

God help us

January 20, 2017
God-help-us
Don't forget to go dark today to send advertisers a blunt message. No inauguration coverage at all. Tune TVs to other channels. All day.  This is no problem for me, I...
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3 Comments · Soul School

Go dark tomorrow. Strategically.

January 19, 2017
go-dark
When they go to the inauguration, we GO DARK. That's right. Tomorrow from 10 am until 6pm, don't completely turn off your television, but do unplug from the...
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