Do We Need to STFU about Our Medical Woes Already?

Do We Need to STFU about Our Medical Woes Already?

Back in Paleozoic times, when I was in college, my friend Antonia and I would regularly stop at a diner (one made famous on Seinfeld) for some post-class fries. It would be around 5 PM and invariably, as we slid into our vinyl booth, we’d have a table full of elderly...
Can I Still Wear This? My Midlife Fashion Crisis

Can I Still Wear This? My Midlife Fashion Crisis

NEXTTRIBE FAVORITE Editor’s Note: On Feb. 15th, NextTribe marked its sixth anniversary. To celebrate this month, we are sharing our favorite articles from the 1,500 plus we’ve published so far. In early 2017, when cofounder Jeannie Ralston first read Janet...
What’s for Dinner? For Empty Nesters, Maybe Just Crumbs

What’s for Dinner? For Empty Nesters, Maybe Just Crumbs

For years—decades—I was a purist. I raced home after work to get a substantial dinner on the table. None of this convenience cooking for me. Nope. Possibly to assuage any guilt about being a working mom, I made a meal from scratch. Every. Night. Stir-fries,...
Where to Live Now? 3 Empty Nesters Find Their Sweet Spot

Where to Live Now? 3 Empty Nesters Find Their Sweet Spot

Your kids are out of the house, or almost so, but you sure aren’t ready to retire to a condo in Florida. Should you stay put? Or downsize? Or maybe move to the town you’ve always dreamed of living in? Uh…actually, where do you belong now? Nothing can hurl...

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