MidLifeBloggers

Wednesday Writer’s Workshop: T’was Just Before Christmas….

12.21.2011

You can vent in the comments or commit a fully-written prose piece to your blog and send me the link: jane(at)midlifebloggers(dot)com

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Remembering the Crucial Things of Christmas Past

12.19.2011

Somewhere in this bittersweet funk, I have been remembering things that used to be really important to me that are no more, and wondering why. Such as:

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More Gifts That Keep On Giving

12.16.2011

Here are a couple more gift ideas that you can do last minute–what! you’re not done shopping yet?–and they have a dual purpose: pleasing the giftee as well as the person who benefits from your charity. I get the catalogues for Heifer International, which inspire me to wish I had limitless funds and could buy [...]

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Real Time Real Life Blogging Seminar

12.14.2011

I’m putting together the best of what I’ve learned over the almost eight years that I’ve been blogging as well as my experience in social media and years of teaching writing.

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The Creation of a Grandfather

12.12.2011

With them, he could just be Papa, with no real responsibility or accountability – and so they got the best of him.

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The Doll Under the Christmas Tree

12.08.2011

One odd fact, though: every year, when I got that doll, I would name her Susie. I have no idea why.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Holiday Memories, Naughty or Nice

12.07.2011

Here’s a simple one: what’s the one thing you could always count on at Christmas/Chanukah/Kwaanza/whatever? It could be something nice, like a gift or a tradition. Or it could be something if not naughty, then just not nice. I’ll be posting my response tomorrow, and I’ll be rounding up all of yours in the comments.

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What to give the ungiftable…

12.05.2011

Want to make your money do more that just please the giftee? How about a twofer: you get to give a cool gift and save the environment, food chain, economy?

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The Devolution of a Family Christmas

12.01.2011

The Christmas wreath on my door, festooned with ribbon and twinkling lights, is just southwest of the mezzuzah on the doorframe, and truth to tell, I like it that way.

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