Watching My Waist
Mon, 8/03/10 – 13:55 | No Comment

Then came the earthquakes. A divorce, single motherhood, a bankruptcy. Bing, Bang. Boom. Even though I was an emotional wreck, I never ballooned to outrageous proportions. Still, for the first time in my life I had to shimmy into a girdle to control the overflow of tummy flesh. I was mortified.

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Pink-slipped in Midlife: Who do you turn to?
Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2009 – 12:14 | 14 Comments
Pink-slipped in Midlife: Who do you turn to?

Here she was — the latest in the string of middle-aged women laid off, retired, let go, fired, since the economy nose-dived last year.

Protected: Writers Workshop: First Reading
Sunday, 27 Sep, 2009 – 17:13 | Enter your password to view comments

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On French Pedicures
Saturday, 26 Sep, 2009 – 14:58 | 2 Comments

This is a post from ByJane, circa early Spring 2007.  I’m reposting it as an hommage to Jessica Gottlieb’s recent musings about French Pedicures.
I know it’s still winter in the rest of the …

BabyBoomers, Gen X, and what’s my generation called? Oh yeah,
Tuesday, 22 Sep, 2009 – 17:36 | 8 Comments
BabyBoomers, Gen X, and what’s my generation called?  Oh yeah,

George Clooney, Nadia Comaneci, Lady Diana, Michael J Fox, Heather Locklear, Julia Luis-Dreyfus, Jeff Probst, Meg Ryan, and of course Barack Obama – all born in 1961.

Protected: Writer’s Workshop: Editing, First Draft
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“Sometimes…”: a poem
Wednesday, 16 Sep, 2009 – 16:37 | 5 Comments
“Sometimes…”: a poem

Sometimes/it is very lonely…

Writer’s Workshop: Writing as Process and the Process of Writing
Sunday, 13 Sep, 2009 – 21:53 | 38 Comments
Writer’s Workshop: Writing as Process and the Process of Writing

The first thing I know about writing is that it’s a Process. Writing is not something you have done; it is something you are doing.

“Let It Be” – The Last Song
Tuesday, 8 Sep, 2009 – 12:12 | One Comment
“Let It Be” – The Last Song

By this time I am hanging out of the window about 30 feet above the opposite roof. The first chords struck and the Beatles launched into their last concert.

MidLifeBloggers Writer’s Workshop Starts September 14
Wednesday, 2 Sep, 2009 – 12:53 | 4 Comments
MidLifeBloggers Writer’s Workshop Starts September 14

I’ve compiled a list of those of you who said you wanted to participate. Now I’m asking you to confirm that by sending your name, email address, blog name to jane(at)midlifebloggers(.)com.