WOW: Women's Older Wisdom

Looking for Home

Lately I have been thinking about the meaning of home. Not the wonderful Victorian space I have lived in for almost 14 years; my neighborhood of tree-lined streets; the welcoming market; the Maine coastline that still takes my breath [...]

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Autumn Is My New Year

While New Year’s Eve is the traditional time for making resolutions, autumn is my new year.  Autumn’s entry into the darkness of winter beckons me to soul-search and reset my compass for the coming year.  This call is reinforced by having a fall birthday–one I proudly share with Jimmy Carter. This year I decided to do more than [...]

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Autumn As a Time of Renewal

At autumn we leave summer behind and anticipate cooler temperatures with joyful images of cozy sweaters, glorious foliage and sitting by the fireplace. But autumn can be much more than reenacting nostalgic traditions. It can be a time of renewal. As the days grow darker I am called to deep reflection, reviewing the past year and then doing [...]

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