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Jane Leder
Jan 21, 20233 min read
Ageism Is Alive & Well
Listen to my interview with author and activist Ashton Applewhite, which will be available on February 2. You'll get a handle on why...
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Jane Leder
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Learning a Second Language At Our Age
The older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language.
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Jane Leder
Aug 6, 20193 min read
"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
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Jane Leder
Jul 26, 20183 min read
“You Don’t Look Your Age” (Musings on Turning 73 and What Looking One’s Age
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...
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Jane Leder
Oct 27, 20153 min read
Boomers and Seniors on the Move
DISCLAIMER OF SORTS ***** This post and the ones that follow were written several years before I started "Seventy And Me." I must have...
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Jane Leder
Aug 20, 20152 min read
I Can Say Anything I Want . . . Well, Almost
I’ve earned the right to say whatever I want . . . well, almost. As a friend said recently, “You’ve made it to 70 and should embrace...
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Jane Leder
Aug 15, 20153 min read
I’m Too “New Age” For This
How fortuitous. This blog posted in the New York Times earlier this week. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/fashion/im-too-old-for-this....
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Jane Leder
Jun 19, 20154 min read
5 Things to Know About Aging Parents
FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AGING PARENTS When parents say they don’t want to be a burden, don’t believe them. Everyone wants to know...
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Jane Leder
Jun 7, 20152 min read
“NO TIME LIMIT ON LOOKING GOOD”
“There is no time limit to anything,” said then 94-year-old Llona Royce Smithkin. “When you look good, you look good.” Smithkin is one...
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Jane Leder
May 31, 20153 min read
LOVE, LOSS & RESILIENCE
I’ll go on record: It wasn’t until 2005 when I interviewed dozens of men and women of “The Greatest Generation” for my book, Thanks For...
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Jane Leder
May 28, 20152 min read
MEMORY LOSS AHEAD?
Boy, did I have an “age jump” day yesterday! Up until now, I’ve “suffered” physical age jumps: a new wrinkle here, more grey hair there....
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Jane Leder
May 22, 20152 min read
OMG, I’M TURNING 70: CHAPTER 2
Maybe I should have known that “OMG, I’m Turning 70” would burn up my Facebook and Twitter pages with tweets, “likes” and visits to my...
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Jane Leder
May 20, 20152 min read
OMG, I’m Turning 70!
When I turned 50, I was delighted. It felt like I was joining an elite group of wise women (and men . . . well, kinda, sorta). It was...
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Jane Leder
Apr 20, 20152 min read
Forgetting How Old We Are
CARL KASELL RETIRING FROM ‘WAIT WAIT… DON’T TELL ME!’ KASELL TO BE SCOREKEEPER EMERITUS OF NEWS-QUIZ SHOW Carl has been gone from “Wait...
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Jane Leder
Apr 20, 20152 min read
Years Flying By
The whole process brings my mortality into clear focus. I realize how many folks are younger than I am and am shocked that I’ve gotten so...
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