WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Do We Need a People’s Party?

I had hoped that Troy Jackson, with a long history in labor—logger, union leader—and in local government, and who began his campaign speaking for Mainers would bring progressive changes.  Yet his campaign to unseat the aging and [...]

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The Language of Belonging

GUEST POST by BARBARA BENGELS When a good friend announced she was expecting her first great-grandchild, I immediately responded with the age-old question: “Is it a boy or girl?” Much has changed in my lifetime; the role of gender is among those.  Recently a young friend went to the DMV to have their name and preferred gender [...]

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Soulful Spring Cleaning

Spring is typically the time when we tidy up our living spaces by washing windows, sorting kitchen cupboards, and getting rid of clothes we no longer wear.  What if we applied this same thinking to our interior lives? What if we engaged in spring-cleaning for the soul?  What would that look like? It might involve reworking the formula in [...]

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