Jane Leder
A Home Town Girl Wanna Be
"Home Town" calms me like a glass of hot milk before bed and reminds me of better times when political rancor and greed didn't dominate our
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Jane Leder
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
OMG! Don't Let My Husband Cut My Hair
The prospect of my husband cutting my hair during this pandemic is downright frightening.
Jane Leder
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
THE LETTER
It arrived amidst all the junk mail--the catalogs I never ordered, postcards from AARP, announcements about new senior communities in my...
Jane Leder
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min
10 Steps To Save My Sanity in 2020
10 Steps to Save Your Sanity in 2020
Jane Leder
- Dec 24, 2019
- 3 min
Saying "No"
Maybe as a two-year-old, I drove my parents crazy and set a record for the number of times I asserted my independence and screamed "No!" ...
Jane Leder
- Nov 11, 2019
- 2 min
Dressing Rooms: OMG!
I walked into the dressing room at TJMax yesterday afternoon in search of one or two new sweaters to replace several in my closet that...
Jane Leder
- Sep 14, 2019
- 3 min
Floppy But Healthy: Breasts & Mammograms
Yep, talking about boobs and annual mammograms. Today was this year's screening. I've had two scares: one about 25 years ago when we...
Jane Leder
- Jul 26, 2019
- 3 min
"Green Your Beauty Routine"
An expert on skin care I am not. Like most older women, I've tried a smorgasbord of products over the years. Expensive moisturizers,...
Jane Leder
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
60 Seconds to Complain: Time's Up
Yep. That's right: we get to bitch and moan about our aches and pains, our bodies--even our partners. We have 60 seconds. Then time is...
Jane Leder
- Jun 19, 2019
- 3 min
"Move It Or Lose It"
When I googled the phrase "Move it or lose it," my screen flooded with ads for local and national moving companies. And here I thought...
Jane Leder
- Jun 10, 2019
- 3 min
"You Don't Look Your Age" (Musings on Turning 73 and What Looking One's Age Means, Anyway)
I used to relish what I interpreted as a compliment when someone looked at my driver's license and said, "No, way! You don't look your...