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Charity-Giving

What Makes a Difference

by Karen Amster-Young

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.  It’s not.  — Dr. Seuss I can’t stop thinking about Lauren Spierer,  the young woman  from Westchester who has been missing since June 3rd.   As  the days and weeks pass, hope seems to fade.  For whatever reason, her disappearance haunts [...]

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categoryPosted: 07/6/11 1:15 PM

Single in the City

by Karen Amster-Young

This is a guest post by Jami Kelly.  She is happily single, lives in New York City and is continuously getting “unstuck” doing amazing, interesting things.  If  some of her great adventures motivate even one person to do something new or different — even something small –  the52weeks is doing what it was intended to [...]

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categoryPosted: 04/15/11 10:05 AM

Simple Pleasures

by Pam Godwin

This past weekend was supposed to be the proverbial trek to Las Vegas with “the girls”. You know, that time-honored getaway that so many “women of a certain age” often go on.  It’s been in the pipeline and on my list of “52″ for quite some time, and it would have been the first time [...]

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categoryPosted: 10/29/10 10:08 PM

Brownies, Bloomies & Volunteering

by Karen Amster-Young

“Where are the tote bags? I’m not leaving the premises without tote bags. I was promised tote bags and tote bags I shall have.”   Seinfeld’s Kramer, volunteering at PBS, in “The Pledge Drive” episode I couldn’t remember the last time I did something just because it was a “good” thing to do. I am not [...]

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categoryPosted: 10/21/10 1:58 PM

Saturday in the Park

by Pam Godwin

Karen and I have been progressing through our “52″ for 16 weeks now and while we’ve both had some similar experiences and outcomes, they have always been parallel. She does her thing and I do mine — until now.  It’s one thing to be there for a friend embarking on a journey in spirit but [...]

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categoryPosted: 10/21/10 1:58 PM