by Janet Siroto | Apr 29, 2021
The country is opening up again. People are stumbling out of quarantines and social bubbles like cave dwellers into the sun. Among the many questions about how people will adjust to a post-pandemic world is what will happen to the midlife divorce rate, which has been...
by Jeannie Ralston | Mar 19, 2021
A few years ago, my three best friends from college and I were near the end of a 10-hour hike on the Appalachian Trail last October. And almost at the end of our ropes, frankly. We had climbed 1,500 vertical feet in the morning and then spent several hours winding our...
by Densie Webb | Mar 19, 2021
How many times have you heard these statements? And how many times have you scoffed at them, even just a little? “Age is just a number.” “You’re only as old as you feel.” “It’s not how old you are, it’s how you are old.” They may feel like empty bromides...
by Janet Siroto | Feb 28, 2021
Remember when you were in middle school and some cute boy paid attention to you, maybe looking at you a little longer than any male but your father had before? Didn’t your stomach go straight to butterflies, couldn’t you feel the blood warming in your...
by Sheila Weller | Jan 8, 2021
Editor’s Note: 10 years ago today, U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords was shot in the head. Her life changed forever, but the heinous act altered the lives of others around her. Just this week, Giffords endured another ordeal as her husband Mark Kelly, was in...
