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The Job Search: Day XX

07.14.2010

The job was close by, I could indulge my lust for all things skin care, and as a bonus, I could impart to other women the secrets that I have accrued over a life lived in cosmetics.

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Hello–Remember me? An apologia, of sorts

07.08.2010

Two weeks without a new post on MidLifeBloggers–my my my, haven’t we all been missing us. And haven’t I been remiss…

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Poetry From MidLife

06.21.2010

You show me halves/Half smiles/Hints of what lies/half-buried…

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Writing Jobs That Pay–and some that don’t

06.16.2010

It’s Wednesday.  I bet you’re wondering: where’s that whatchamacallit Writer’s Workshop thingie?  S’not here.  Maybe t’won’t be ever again.  This website is iterating (new cool word I read all about here in the New York Times) and part of our iteration is to STOP PASSING OURSELVES OFF AS SO DAMNED SERIOUS.  Seriously. I thought about [...]

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The Creative Process Revealed

06.01.2010

I’ve been gathering my thoughts for a new project. The ideas started coming together after I started playing with what I call collage samplers…

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The BP Oil Spill: What we’re doing wrong

05.24.2010

Stop saving stupid people… and consider the bigger picture.

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MidLife Reality: The One Body Part You Can’t Get “Fixed.”

05.03.2010

Outwardly, I can convince myself–and pretty often the general public in the right light–that I have stalled the biological clock. And then it happens….

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Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be

04.26.2010

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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Sex and the Midlife Mother: Taking the Teachable Moment

04.19.2010

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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Life Lessons from The Wizard of Oz

04.12.2010

I don’t know how Dorothy interpreted the message but for me the effect was visceral, a relaxation into knowing that I don’t know…a damn thing.

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