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 […]
Posted: 07/6/11 1:15 PM
I am in the process of moving. While my family is excited about this next chapter and the new possibilities that await us, we are going tentatively, with many, many mixed emotions. I have been thinking about how many memories and emotions are tied up in all of this. And one such big memory is […]
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Posted: 06/20/11 12:49 PM
This is a guest post by Barbara Hannah Grufferman. She is the author of the hugely popular book, The Best of Everything After 50: The Experts’ Guide to Style, Sex, Health, Money and More. The 52 Weeks is all about trying new things, facing challenges and moving forward; it’s about crossing things off your to-do […]
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Posted: 05/18/11 8:46 PM
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” -Winnie-the-Pooh (and A.A. Milne) I looked up the word commitment the other day. It is defined as the act of committing, the state of begin committed; a pledge or undertaking; applying or engaging oneself. There are many kinds of commitments – for work, family, relationships […]
Posted: 01/26/11 6:28 PM
“It’s not you, it’s me…” “You’re giving me the ‘It’s not you, it’s me’ routine? I invented ‘It’s not you, it’s me.’ Nobody tells me it’s them, not me. If it’s anybody, it’s me.” George, Seinfeld It’s over. I just can’t continue with you on a daily basis – even a weekly basis anymore, at […]
Posted: 01/20/11 11:33 AM
Cheers to a new year and another chance to get it right. – Oprah Winfrey It’s the beginning of a new year and time for that yearly ritual when many of us size things up, make resolutions, throw out the “old ways”, promise to bring in “the new” and start all over again. Don’t worry, […]
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Posted: 01/13/11 11:47 PM
My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once. – Richard Lewis Last week my father-in-law died. It was so sudden that I need to create a new word to describe it. One minute we were lighting the Chanukah candles on the East Coast and the next minute we […]
Posted: 12/9/10 11:56 AM
This is our first guest post! The following post was written by R. Sanders. Our blog inspired her to go gliding for the first time as she faced the possible dissolution of her 25-year marriage. This blog is all about trying new things, facing fears, shaking it up. I don’t think it gets any braver […]
Posted: 11/25/10 9:39 PM
Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!— Dr. Seuss Here I go again with the French stuff. Despite having yet to make it to Paris (read about this ongoing quest), I continuously find myself drawn to French food, vintage French […]
Posted: 11/9/10 10:22 AM
Maybe it was because Halloween was around the corner. I’m not really sure. But this past week, for the first time, I went for a Tarot card reading. What made it even more unusual is that the reading took place while I was away with some friends for an annual “spa” getaway sans significant others, […]
Posted: 10/29/10 12:52 PM
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