Today’s the day!

November 5, 2013
Today's the day. My essay about a very dear woman friend appears in this anthology that got released today. It's called 50 Ways I Love His Mother and I believe it's...
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Moving sculpture on a Santa Fe street

November 4, 2013
Not even a block from our hotel in Santa Fe last month was this riveting kinetic sculpture: I couldn't move away from it. Every time we passed by, I had to stop and...
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A neurotic shares her crutches

November 3, 2013
It seems like I went through life without a care in the world until my mother died in 1999, and when she did, her neuroses left her body and entered mine with a great...
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Telling the truth about senior sex

November 2, 2013
This is the first in a sporadic series I'm calling "The emperor has no clothes." Let me start by saying that menopausal women who write about menopause are doing a...
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Wear your plumage proudly + soar!

November 1, 2013
This is the season for taking risks. For new beginnings. Actually, every season's appropriate for spreading our wings and flying. Feathers are there--you look...
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All mistakes serve a purpose

October 30, 2013
"Your best teacher is your last mistake." That is, if you're willing to recognize it. And learn. What are your thoughts about mistakes? I'm not a parent, but it seems...
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Family pictures: “if only we knew what was ahead̷...

October 29, 2013
Do you ever look at old family pictures and wonder at the innocence they portray? How we knew nothing of the life that was to unfold? How each decision we made took us...
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Blogging: class, crass or just plain TMI

October 22, 2013
This is a post every blogger should read. There was a day when kissing and telling was impolite.  Apparently, those days are long gone, along with so many other...
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So — decide.

October 21, 2013
We’re all gonna die. We don’t get much say over how or when. But we do get to decide how we’re gonna live. So do it: Decide. Is this the life you want to...
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The worst critic of all

October 20, 2013
Affirmations are everywhere on social media and they're usually aimed at women.  Most times, I'd look smugly at them and think, "I'm long past needing that, thank...
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