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Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Walking Manhattan: Harlem, Grant’s Tomb, Katz’s Deli

05.21.2012

by Lisa Weldon of reSoulin’ my dancing shoes My sister and daughter are in town today. Will take a few days off and post only quick thoughts. To start our day, Michele and I walked down the street to find farmers, bakers, and beekeepers setting up a fresh market. Peaches, cherries, raspberries, freshly baked breads and [...]

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Walking Manhattan: Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen, the Flower District and the Garment District

05.18.2012

We sat at the counter and thoroughly enjoyed our tamales, fried plantains and the waitress flirting with her body-builder customer. All in Spanish, of course.

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Walking Manhattan: Tribeca, Chinatown, Wall Street

05.14.2012

The more lists I can make, the less time I have to delve deep into my soul. You see, I’m facing some new developments in my life at the moment and I need to delve.

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Walking Manhattan: Gay Pride

04.30.2012

Once thing I love about New Yorkers is that they are open to differences, they embrace change and they celebrate personal freedom.

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Reinventing The Wheel

04.23.2012

This message, my subconscious, spoke to me so clearly I could hardly get through the words without crying. ‘Go. Get off this hamster wheel. Go get some fresh air, a new outlook on life. Go get some exercise, refresh your career, re-charge your spirit. Take time to re-focus. You need some fresh air and some clean water.’

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Embracing Ourselves at Fifty

04.20.2012

It’s so easy, here at middle age, to begin to pine for our youth, to have regrets, to think we missed the mark, to beat up on our younger selves.

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MidLifeBloggers: Defining the Brand

03.12.2012

So if I’m a brand and parenting is not a part of my brand, then what and who and why am I?

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Minding Mother Nature

02.20.2012

by John Ptacek of  On Second Thought When you go to a movie, you willingly suspend your beliefs for an hour or two. I’m only asking you to suspend them for a few minutes. This has to do with your happiness, so do pay attention. You don’t exist. At least not in the way you [...]

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I Was a MidLife Runaway

02.03.2012

My plan was to write about my life, or write a book, or accidentally be discovered by someone connected to Oprah.

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