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Article Archive for June 2008

If you’re going to BlogHer…
Monday, 30 Jun, 2008 – 20:23 | 6 Comments

…better wear some flowers in your hair.  Oh, right city, wrong century.  Whatever–
As I was saying, if you’re going to BlogHer’08, do come and hang with us at the MidLifeBloggers meetup.  It’s Friday, Day One, …

Why Orange?
Saturday, 28 Jun, 2008 – 12:55 | 8 Comments
Why Orange?

It is true that I have been known to stretch a metaphor long past its breaking point.  But it is also true that sometime my subconscious calls the shots and I’m not even aware of …

Adventures at Midlife: You’re going out looking like that?
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2008 – 23:34 | 13 Comments
Adventures at Midlife: You’re going out looking like that?

by Ms Meta of MetaFootNotes
ByJane read my recent Dr. Martens blogpost, and challenged me to take a broader look at fashion for older — and often, um, broader — women. HA! Like I have anything …

Climbing that Ladder to a Satisfying MidLife
Sunday, 22 Jun, 2008 – 18:52 | 3 Comments
Climbing that Ladder to a Satisfying MidLife

by Karen Batchelor of Midlife’s a Trip
I used to think I was on the proverbial “ladder of success”.  I had the corporate job that many people dream of.  But I wasn’t living in sync with …

Average Jane Is Never Too Old to Rock and Roll If She’s Too Young To Die
Thursday, 19 Jun, 2008 – 23:06 | 5 Comments
Average Jane Is Never Too Old to Rock and Roll If She’s Too Young To Die

by Celeste Lindell of Average Jane

The fact that I paraphrased my post title from a Jethro Tull song probably tips you off that I’m past the age of being mistaken for the next teen sensation. …

Blogging Platforms – Which Is Right For You?
Wednesday, 18 Jun, 2008 – 9:37 | 3 Comments

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar
So you want to blog.  Good for you!  Blogs are fantastic things; they’re a wonderful and enriching experience for those who write them and can be entertaining, funny, silly, …

Announcing: Three New Features
Tuesday, 17 Jun, 2008 – 11:40 | No Comment

Starting tomorrow and on a regular basis, they will be:
Blogging, Computers, and the Whole Damn Thing
Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar will be doing a series of posts designed to help all of us, …

Lawsy mercy, where are my glasses? or why aren’t my arms longer…
Friday, 13 Jun, 2008 – 12:13 | 5 Comments

by Janie of MidLifeSlices
Will wonders never cease? Along with menopause, hot flashes, dryness in places you don’t want to be dry, and belly rolls, comes the loss of eyesight or at least your reading …

Sex and The City: Does It Work as a Midlife Tale?
Wednesday, 11 Jun, 2008 – 9:50 | 11 Comments

by Ms Meta of Metafootnotes
ByJane, the Godmother of MidLifeBloggers, whacked tapped me gently with her magic wand, and I am called to do her bidding. Says she, of the film debut of Sex and the …

How can you tell the difference between a midlife crisis and shaking the dust from your feet?
Monday, 9 Jun, 2008 – 11:51 | 15 Comments

by The Duchess, of Duchess Omnium
I guess my bare details look like a classic case of the former. Two years ago I put my house in rural Oxfordshire, my home for 23 years, on the …

Check Out The Additions to Our Blogroll
Saturday, 7 Jun, 2008 – 23:07 | 7 Comments

Some have been up for a while; some are brand-spanking new. Have a look. Pay a visit. Leave a comment.
In no particular order, they are:
Janie Bryant of The LazyB Cooks MidLifeSlices
The Duchess …

MidLifeBloggers at BlogHer’08
Tuesday, 3 Jun, 2008 – 15:24 | 4 Comments

Are you going? ‘Cause we are. And we’re having a scheduled Meetup all our own. Check the badge on the left out. You can get one of those too over at …