Living Deliberately

06.02.2008

by Candalaria Silva of Good & Plenty In the past few years I’ve been on a conscious and sub-conscious journey to live life deliberately. This deliberate living has become my norm in the nine months since I moved on from my last, demanding full-time job. This means: Quitting a job with nothing waiting in the [...]

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The Upside of Recession

05.29.2008

Meghan Daum, writing in the LATimes, has managed to find a bright side to the growing recession, with its flattened house market and $4/gallon gas prices: home repairmen who come immediately, and California’s empty freeways. Sure, things are going to get ugly very soon. Layoffs will increase, the housing market will go from dismal to [...]

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Choices: how do you choose when you’re in midlife?

05.27.2008

by Karen Batchelor of Midlifes A Trip Several weeks ago on a great sunny Saturday afternoon, I went to the zoo with my sister and 4 year old niece who I call “the Peanut”. The plan was to let the Peanut hang out at the playscape for a while and then see the animals. Nice [...]

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Marble Mania: Extreme Brain Gym

05.23.2008

by Carol of A Different Nest As Carrie in Sex and the City used to say at the beginning of an episode “Have you ever wondered why…” . Well, have you ever wondered why people will pay good money for subscription online programs to sharpen their brains as they age, like My Brain Trainer, while [...]

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Take Care

05.21.2008

by Denise, of Not What It Seems I grew up with all of my family, on both sides, living in the same town, some on the same street. It was a very small place, a hamlet. If your family wasn’t there to take care of you, someone who had changed your diapers at a firehouse [...]

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Happy Anniversary, Honey—I think

05.18.2008

Last week was the 25th wedding anniversary of Lynn, who blogs at After The Dust Settles. This is the post she wrote the day before. Does it hit you the same way it hit me? Her longing for her husband to mark in some, any, memorable way the day that they married is palpable. It’s [...]

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Whose Day Is It, Really?

05.12.2008

by Margaret Andrews, Nanny Goats in Panties I was a freshman in high school when I passed out in class, my head bonking against a desk in the next aisle over. Rather than letting me lay on the floor to let the blood return to my head, my teacher insisted I go to the nurse’s [...]

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A Film for the MidLife Folks

05.12.2008

I posted a review of A Previous Engagement here. Go & see what I said.

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Who’s That in Those Faded Photos?

05.08.2008

by Carolyn Bahm On the far left and right are my mom and dad, Frances and Robert Ray Gaddy. In the center are my Aunt Doris and her first husband, Ray Welch, on their wedding day. My mom’s dress: Lime green. Men’s suits: Gray. Ties: Brilliant colors. Dad’s shoes: Blindingly white. I’m finally doing something [...]

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Menopause Has Stolen My Brain!

05.05.2008

by Janis Smyth of Jan’s Sushi Bar When I posted on my blog that I was having trouble writing because of the brain fog that so often accompanies the whole menopause experience, Jane asked if I’d write about what it feels like for MidLifeBloggers.com. I said “Of course!” I mean, no time like while you’re [...]

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