Diary of a wimpy daughter by Pamela Francis
July 25th, 2022
Dear Diary, Today, mom reamed me (was abusive, called me a racial slur, slammed doors, delivered veiled threats, cursed at me, and said that she was “77 yrs old”) -- I thought she was 79, by the way -- for not letting her know I was taking the boys for pizza ...
AGEISM UNMASKED: An Interview with Author Tracey Gendron, PhD by Melissa Couch Salim
January 24th, 2022
When did you discover ageism and become passionate about it? I have been studying aging for over 25 years, but it was only about 10 years ago that I recognized just how invisible and pervasive ageism is. While giving a talk, I related that I became a gerontologist because I ...
Mid Life No Crisis by Lisa Levine (Book Excerpt)
May 24th, 2021
Other People and Their Opinions Remember trying desperately to fit in at high school? Spending hours pondering whether or not you were cool? Or funny? Or smart? Or pretty? Back then, we were caught up trying to evolve in a fishbowl full of judgy peers and social norms. Yet even now, ...
What?!? I’m An Older parent?!? by Ali Skylar
October 18th, 2020
I’ll never forget the moment I realized that my hubby, Jamie and I were “older parents.” I never really gave it a second thought until my son, Chaz, now 21, was in Kindergarten. He came home one day after Jamie picked him up from school very upset. Me: Hey love! How ...
An Interview with Ada Calhoun, author, Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis
January 13th, 2020
In a few sentences, can you please tell us what Why We Can’t Sleep is about? Why We Can’t Sleep is a book for middle aged women who are having a hard time. If you’re sleepless, anxious, freaked out, broke, exhausted, or overwhelmed, this book is about all the reasons why ...
No Place Like Home by Sharon O’Donnell
March 24th, 2019
My husband and I have lived in the same house for 29 years now. We almost moved to a bigger house outside the city limits back in 1998 but decided against it. I even wrote an article about this housing decision for one of my regular columns for our local ...
Weeping in the Playground by Pamela Francis
August 28th, 2017
I was standing in the middle of the playground weeping. Not because I got hurt – although with the weird new thing happening with my hip when I walk, and the awkward way I’ve been ascending the stairs at home and at work, and the crazy phenomenon whereby I can no ...
Why You Should Start Living Dangerously by Pamela Francis
January 13th, 2017
Not sure if you've noticed but, longevity is highly overrated. Maybe it was all that Breyer's butter almond icecream and pork rinds, or maybe it was the Johnny Walker Black, but "some of us" indulged our way into a really challenging old age that includes not being able to do anything we used to or liked to ...
GUEST BLOG POST: Been there, done that. Now I have two kids. by Zoe Richmond
May 19th, 2016
The Music and Arts Festival Coachella was recently held. It is a three-day music festival in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs, California. Headliners included acts like Guns n’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris. Earlier in the year, my friend was trying to convince me to go. “No. And hell ...
Size Evidently Does Matter by Sharon O’Donnell
February 28th, 2016
I've had a Facebook page for years and have had a Twitter account for several years too, although I don't know how to use all the Twitter or my I Phone's features. One of my nephews recently showed me how to take a photo of a screen shot of a ...
