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Wising Up: Where Does Wisdom Come From?
Finding (and winding) our way to wisdom.
Love, Informed
Facing ourselves – and the future – when we care for our elders.
Slapped Silly
Imagine my surprise when last evening on Anderson Cooper 360, one of my fave journalists put the final flourishes on his show by talking about getting “punched in the face” – to look younger. That is to say that Cooper’s Ridiculist described a Thai tradition which has recently made the news. It was the subject […]
Life is Changing, Verse Deranging
It’s versing to surrender, I must say. To the eccentric, wacky willful stage. Bag Lady, cats and hats – but not the gray! Alas, this flailing, flaunting facing age! With ready thoughts and tricks to just say yes, To voicing my opinions, no holds barred. So what if my persona is a mess! Must stifling […]
Secret to a Long Life?
We age if we’re fortunate. How do we up the likelihood of aging well and living fully?
The Invisible Middle?
Thoughts on politics as the middle age segment swells.
Jane on Jane, and the Value of YES
Thank you, Women’s Voices for Change, for the shout-out to Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch and her 2012 commencement speech at Smith College. It’s a funny and inspiring twenty minutes (see below), filled with humor and smarts from this multi-talented dynamo. I strongly recommend that you watch and listen, not only enjoying Ms. Lynch’s wit, […]
Dear Me: Get Out Of My Way
Dear Me, I don’t want to do what I don’t want to do. But I do. I know. It’s called responsibility. It’s called adulthood. Sometimes, it’s called survival. But if I only do what I don’t want to do, I’m tired and I’m cranky; my imagination stalls and my hopelessness fills out its contours all […]
Notes on the Times
On moving, on thinking, on perspectives for our times.