MIDLIFE MUSINGS

“Finding Quiet in the ‘Aging Thing’”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 31, 2023
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“The Perils of Medical Portals”
Next Avenue (PBS), November 22, 2022
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“Memories of My Great-Grandmother”
Next Avenue (PBS), September 8, 2022
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“COVID Has Made Me Question My Competence”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 23, 2022
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“If Memory Serves, Forgetting Isn’t Unusual”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 7, 2022
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“Our Thanksgiving Celebration Is Smaller – And That’s Just Fine”
Next Avenue (PBS), November 22, 2021
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“A Time of COVID-19 Confusion: To Attend the U.S. Open or Not?”
Next Avenue (PBS), September 2, 2021
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“A Nest of Robins: Watching and Waiting”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 26, 2021
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“Wading Back Into a Social Life”
Next Avenue (PBS), May 20, 2021
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“The Vaccine: The Haves, The Have Nots and The Almost Haves”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 4, 2021
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“The Perils of Downsizing”
Next Avenue (PBS), January 8, 2021
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“A Love Story in the Time of the Pandemic”
Next Avenue (PBS), December 14, 2020
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“COVID-19 and Our Feelings of Helplessness”
Next Avenue (PBS), August 27, 2020
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“The Silver Lining to Staying at Home”
Next Avenue (PBS), April 6, 2020
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“Resilient Despite Osteoporosis and 7 Surgeries”
Next Avenue (PBS), January 28, 2020
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“When the Internet Is ‘The Other Woman’”
Next Avenue (PBS), October 23, 2019
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“Downshifting From a Life in Overdrive”
Next Avenue (PBS), April 29, 2019
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“Following the Beat of a Different Drummer”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 22, 2018
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“The Kindness of (Foreign) Strangers”
Next Avenue (PBS), November 2, 2017
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“Blurry Eyes, Clarity of Vision”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 25, 2017
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“Think Your Passport Is Valid? Maybe Not”
Next Avenue (PBS), June 22, 2017
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“How I Finally Found the Right Volunteer Experience”
Next Avenue (PBS), January 25, 2017
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“The Women’s March: When the Personal and the Political Collide”
Next Avenue (PBS), January 3, 2017
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“Giving In to the Coloring Craze
Next Avenue (PBS), September 20, 2016
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“Why Bruce Springsteen Was My Last Arena Concert”
Next Avenue (PBS), September 1, 2016
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“What to Do When Your Grown Kid Won’t Talk to You”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 15, 2016
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“How the Clarence Thomas Hearings Missed the Dance of Workplace Relations”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 10, 2016
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“The Reason I Hate the Word ‘Retirement’”
Next Avenue (PBS), March 10, 2016
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“How Pilates Changed My Life”
Next Avenue (PBS), January 19, 2016
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“The Danger of Saying ‘Yes’ Too Much”
Next Avenue (PBS), December 1, 2015
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“Menopause Ate My Short-Term Memory”
Next Avenue (PBS), November 10, 2015
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“Emerging Adult, Baffled Parent”
Next Avenue (PBS), September 25, 2015
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“An Unexpected Lesson in Forgiving Myself”
Next Avenue (PBS), August 21, 2015
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“Bring on the Candles: Owning My (Milestone) Age”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 24, 2015
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“What Bullying Taught Me About Friendship”
Next Avenue (PBS), July 17, 2015
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“She Became Her Own Boss and Discovered There Are No Rules”
Next Avenue (PBS), June 15, 2015
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“The Kindness of a Stranger at a Stevie Wonder Show”
Next Avenue (PBS), May 12, 2015
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“Fear and Wisdom After a Fall”
Next Avenue (PBS), April 16, 2015
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