Jane Leder
Who Says You Can Never Go Home Again?
I know. Going back to your childhood home or the home you visited when you were on vacation from college or back before you got your own pl
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Jane Leder
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
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
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
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
Learning a Second Language At Our Age
The older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language.
Jane Leder
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
Your Immortality Application
If we can't laugh about aging, we're in deep sh___. "Your Immortality Application" (The New Yorker, October 28, 2019) by Cora Frazier...
Jane Leder
- Jan 9, 2020
- 4 min
"Why Can't We Tell The Truth About Aging?"
Amidst all the hoopla about the advantages of aging (self-confidence, experience, even power--badges that I have touted at length in this bl
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 30, 2019
- 3 min
You're Only As Old As You Feel
How often have you heard someone say, "You're only as old as you feel?" Is there some truth to that philosophy?
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 29, 2019
- 3 min
"Losing It"
If you go to the refrigerator and forget why you were there--not a big deal. But if you make the same trip and forget what a refrigerator i
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
- Nov 4, 2019
- 3 min
The Secret To Aging
People is not where I'd look to find the secret to aging. Actually, I'm not sure where I'd look but definitely not in the gossip rag...
Jane Leder
- Nov 1, 2019
- 4 min
Sisters
I hadn't seen my sister in two years--two years until last week. She lives in Ohio; I live in Illinois. It's a six-hour drive, if not...
Jane Leder
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
My Great Aunt Ruth: What a Hoot
Ruth, the second youngest of six children, was born in 1897 in Sault St. Marie, Michigan. She was forty-eight by the time I arrived less...
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
- Sep 9, 2019
- 3 min
Random Thoughts On A Dreary Monday Morning
Okay, so it's dreary. No sun. Good possibility of rain. BUT, I don't have to wear a coat or a jacket to venture outside. My garden,...
Jane Leder
- Aug 6, 2019
- 3 min
"Undiagnosed Middle-Age-Onset Discomfort Summer Tour"
There was no violence at Woodstock. No fighting, no attacks, no killing. (There was, if I recall, some bad acid.) It was a celebration of
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...