March 2009

The MidLife Issue: Who Are We?

03.10.2009

We just don’t have words in the English language to describe between the pupa stage of our child-bearing years and the full grown butterfly of elderhood.

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Upgrading the BlogRoll–and Giving It a Room of Its Own

03.09.2009

Lo, the mightly blogroll that was lurking at the lower end of the sidebar is gone. In its place, at the top of the site, is a magic button marked BlogRoll.  Click on that and you’ll get the ever-expanding list of blogs and sites that are MidLifeBloggers. MidLifeBloggers is our blogroll really and as the [...]

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MidLife Moms and their Boomerang Kids

03.08.2009

I rented his room, set my remote permanently to Lifetime Television for women and curled up in bed with an enormous bowl of popcorn….Just as I was discovering the joy of silence he announced he was coming home. “It would only be for a few months,” he said. He would get another job and be out before I even realized he was back. That was 3 years ago.

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Social Networking…

03.07.2009

I wish it weren’t so, but truly I suck at social networking. I sucked at networking when it was just business-oriented. I sucked at networking when it was a school dance or party. It’s not that I’m a wallflower or pathetically shy; it’s just that I can’t get myself to care. Even when I know [...]

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Put your foot down – and send the Duchess a virtual shoe

03.07.2009

Action Aid wants 2876 people, one for every woman and girl who will contract HIV tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that, and every day until we put our foot down to stop it, to sign a petition in support of the campaign. The campaign ends on International Women’s Day on March 8.

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Dating At MidLife

03.03.2009

Guys in my preferred age range 47 to 53 were looking for younger women. Or, they were acting flaky. Or, I was approached by men 10 to 15 years older than me, or, inexplicably, by simple country types from small towns, both too far outside my preferences. What was going on?

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Today’s Creativity Comes From Yesterday’s Experience

03.02.2009

My blog is a collection of memories and stories about my relationship with my wonderful and eccentric aunt and the summers I spent with her. My aunt, a major influence in my life, inspired my love of jewelry. This blog is my tribute to her.

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ByJane Comes To MidLifeBloggers

03.01.2009

I posted for the first time in ages over at my own blog, ByJane, and this is what I said: So here’s my quandry: what shall I do with this here little blog called ByJane? There are great things happening over at MidLifeBloggers, only some of which are apparent right now (yes, that means that [...]

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