April 2010

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: Finding your place in the blogosphere

The appeal of blogging is that it’s a democratic arena;  you can blog about any topic, any field, any subject that hooks your attention.  While it is true that the more well-known blogs tend to be grouped around a finite selection of topics–politics, food, parenthood, technology–they’re really only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.  I […]

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Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be

I tried all the tricks that had served me so well in the past to lose….Nothing worked. Those pounds were beyond pesky; they were stuck to my body in places they had never gone before.

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The First Question of Blogging

To continue the conversation we began last month. I put to you then what I consider to be The First Question of Blogging:  Why do you want to blog?  Answer that, and while I can’t guarantee you riches, I can say your experience as a blogger will be successful.  Can’t answer it?  Go back and […]

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Sex and the Midlife Mother: Taking the Teachable Moment

We talk about modeling behavior for children and teens, but the assumption is that young adults no longer need such teaching. I believe they do.

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Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: The Things We Carry

Have you ever read Tim O’Brien’s  novel, The Things They Carried?  It tells the story of a platoon of soldiers in the Viet Nam war through the things that they carried in the knapsacks.  I used to assign it when I taught Comp & Lit at Lehigh.  For one, I wanted my overindulged students to […]

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