Four Elephant Lessons On Aging
In May of 2020, 350 elephants were found dead in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Tests carried out by Botswana's department of wildlife and national parks showed that the elephants ingested bacteria found in water. The deaths stopped towards the end of June 2020,...
How To Find Your Voice By Telling Stories After 50 (and BE HEARD!)
For most women in our generation, if we were heard in the past, it was within limits. More often than not, our generation of women let others do the talking. We worked hard behind the scenes, and consciously or unconsciously, allow others to have the voice. Now we are...
Let your skirt tell the story: a dance from Puerto Rico featuring skirt and drums
Let your skirt tell the story, a dance from Puerto Rico featuring skirt and drums at the musuem of american history, Washington DC
How Sharing Stories Boost Your Brain, Especially After 50
When we share stories our brains sync and minds meld, we produce the good stuff our body needs. Here's how sharing stories boost your brain, especially after 50. when your brain hears blah blah blah When you read or listen to facts, or watch a PowerPoint...
Meryl Streep turned 70! Here’s 5 of My Favorite Meryl Streep Roles. What Are Yours?
Meryl Streep was born on June 22nd 1949 in Summit, New Jersey. She graduated from Vassar and Yale, was a stage actor for three years before her first major movie break in The Deer Hunter. She won an academy award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as...
5 reasons you need to tell your stories now after 50, and be the author of your life
5 reasons why you need to tell your stories now after 50, and be the author of your life. 1.You have so many stories You have lived a lifetime. You have so many stories! Childhood stories. Growing up stories. Tales of adventures in the 60’s. Missteps in the 70’s....
Can Too Much Calcium Cause Heart Attacks In Women Over 50?
Can Too Much Calcium Cause Heart Attacks In Women Over 50? Calcium -- to supplement or not to supplement? At our age and beyond, falling would not be traumatic if we did not also break bones. To have strong bones you need calcium. Which is why some of us pop calcium...
Adult Children And The Past—Diane Confronts Both
One month after Gloria Bell, Diane opens featuring a woman our age. Like the movie Gloria, adult children play a significant role in the story line.
Sexuality After Fifty, Balancing The Emotional And The Physical
As we age, sexuality is often a balance of emotional and physical issues. There is potentially greater satisfaction in our sex lives now…
Julianne Moore is Gloria in this 2013 remake
Gloria, starring Julianne Moore opens in most cinemas this week starring Julianne Moore
Captain Marvel is a boomer and a woman
In the latest movie from Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel is a boomer and a woman. The movie opened in cinemas nationwide on March 8th , International Women’s Day, and stars Brie Larson as
Galapagos, a 50+ destination
There is no parasailing or jet skiing in Galapagos nor are there budget accommodations. There are plenty of nonchalant wildlife and sober guides scold you when you are less than six feet from a sea lion or tortoise. While the sun shines, it hides behind low lying...
Song in my bones : Doobie Brothers’ Long Train Running
Long Train Running by The Doobie Brothers, Lyrics by Tom Johnston. Memorable bits of song: Rhythmic guitar riff that progresses and intensifies, wailing harmonica solo and the refrain: without love where would you be right now…? What I remember from then: Head banging...
Citizen Gold
In Malaysia where I was born, you address complete strangers as Elder Sister, Aunt, Mother or Grandma, or the male equivalent. If they are younger than you, you call them Younger Brother or Sister or Son/Daughter. People you know will attach these titles to your name...