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Aging With Eyes Wide Open

There seem to be three basic ways most of us adapt to aging:  with our eyes shut, with our eyes half open, or with our eyes wide open. The first group consists of those in denial about aging, like women who protest, “Don’t ever call me old!”   The second group is where most of us fall; some days we acknowledge our aging and plan for [...]

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Why I’m Anti-Bucket List

I think I will tear my hair out if one more person asks me,  “How’s your bucket list coming alone?”  The implication is that I’m running out of time to see Morocco, jump out of an airplane, learn Italian or any number of demanding feats.   If I were to answer, “The hell with a bucket list!” in all likelihood I’d be [...]

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Dusting Off Your Dreams

I have a friend who’s been telling me for years that she’s going to take Italian lessons.  Another friend has a long-standing dream to visit Japan. For just as long every time I pass an art supply store I revisit my dream of taking up watercolors. We’re all members of the late-in-life dream club whose engine is stalled.  But it doesn’t [...]

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Honoring WOW Guest Bloggers of 2017

As horrific as 2017 was, it offered a silver lining: successful women-led movements from the year’s opening DC Women’s March to the year’s end #metoo campaign bolster hope for 2018. A new emboldened sisterhood is emerging. Older women are part of this sisterhood, raising their voices to rail against ageism and sexism and to claim their [...]

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14 Principles for Thoughtful Aging

After blogging about aging for over two years now I challenged myself to come up with guidelines for thoughtful aging. I’ve distilled into 14 principles what I’ve learned from life experience, reading, talking with close friends and interviews with wise women. Embrace Your Failures During the 1970’s when I was studying family therapy, [...]

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How Did Aging Become So Complicated?

Both of my grandmothers lived well into their 80’s, making an easy transition into old age. Neither one took mega doses of vitamins or exercised to stave off the Grim Reaper. Nor were they bombarded with advice on how to slow the aging process. They each continued to dress up almost every day. My paternal grandmother was rarely without [...]

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