I’m one of the “sad old feminists” referred to here by one of my fave writers, Gail Collins of the NY Times. [Read more…]
Sad Old Feminist
What Will the “Newspaper” of the Future Look Like?
My husband and I used to subscribe to our local paper, until our house was broken into on the first night after we ordered a vacation stop. (The paper carrier was later indicted for other thefts in the neighborhood). We bought a second laptop and now we sit together every morning reading our computers.
We can read whatever paper we want, for free. USAToday, our local, LATimes, NYTimes, anything on the planet. Free.
Also, while we’re reading, we can follow other links (if we read a compelling book review, we can click over to Amazon and order the book, then go back to the “paper”. If you read that a hurricane is raging, you can click on the video and watch it happen.)
But there’s a downside. While we’re viewing this for free, somebody is working to create these stories. That reporter must be paid. Any ideas? Because I feel kind of guilty. What do you think?
Baby Boomer Accepts Her Limitations
One day, I realized I was not a tractor.Some Boomers Can’t Handle Living in 55+ Community
That’s it, I’m moving, my friend says. Too many old people living here. Every time I turn around, there’s an ambulance. I can’t take it. It’s too depressing, she says. [Read more…]
How to Master Your World
Habit can be as powerful as a drug. Defiance About Getting Old May Be Energizing, But It Is Not Progress
“I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch.” – Gilda Radner
“Gradually I started to…recognize the fact that I had been repeating patterns I learned in my childhood. Once I realized where they were coming from and saw they weren’t inevitable in the present, I was less likely to repeat them. I began to find pleasure in staying home, and I made all the changes in my life that sound so simple. From that experience I learned that to be defiant about age may be better than despair – it’s energizing – but it is not progress. Actually, after fifty, aging can become an exciting new period; it is another country.” – Gloria Steinem
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