In my most recent newsletter, I railed against being called a lady, or being one of a group addressed as “Ladies…” Several weeks after that, the following headline appeared in an online newspaper: “Is ‘Ladies’ a microaggression? Diversity experts explain after...
When I turned on the radio this morning, the announcer was saying, “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” (Remember who said that? I didn’t, but when I looked it up, it was Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption.) Do you...
I recently read a quotation from Chip Conley of the Modern Elder Academy: “You can’t unroll a snowball.” That really struck me because I have been thinking a lot about the question “How do we spend our time?” It’s a good question to think about at any point in our...
Some people make New Year’s resolutions, some develop a special mantra, some choose a word. This year I chose a word, and it is “brave.” After thinking about it for a bit, I realized that “brave” can have many different meanings. The “Meaning” Of Brave I...
Several years ago I was at my doctor’s office for a gynecological exam. We were almost done, and I realized that she hadn’t done a Pap smear. When I asked about it, she said that it was no longer recommended for women over 65. I asked if women over 65 got cervical or...
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