July 2008

My Role Model for Midlife

by Celeste Lindell, of Average Jane When I was growing up, I used to think my mother spent all her time deliberately trying to embarrass me. It wasn’t until I started becoming more like her that I realized she was just living life on her own terms. From the stories I heard about my mother’s […]

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Finding The Groove

by Allison Allen, of WomenBloom When Jane asked if I would write a post for Midlifebloggers, I had an ACKKK! What do I write about? moment. Thankfully, she expressed curiosity about how I came to start WomenBloom. Whew, rescued. In fall of 2006, I suddenly realized I was coming up on my 49th birthday. I […]

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Adventures at Midlife: Women, work and the ‘non-recession’

By Msmeta of MetaFootnotes The NYTimes ran an interesting article about how the economic downturn is turning out to be gender-neutral: Across the country, women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches… When economists first started noticing this trend two […]

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Vogue gets it

If you’re interested in fashion–well, some of us are and some of us aren’t–you must, absolutely must, darling, see the August issue of Vogue.  That is, as in the past, their so-called Age Issue, when they feature women and fashion from every decade from twenty through eighty.  I love that.  Unlike other magazines, they really […]

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Who Inspires You in MidLife?

That’s the title of MidLifeMuse’s regular post this week on BlogHer.  It’s a great piece, thoughtful and thought-provoking.  Go read it.  Let Karen, who is BlogHer’s new Contributing Editor for their new MidLife category, know what you think.

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