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Jane Leder
May 5, 20203 min read
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 21, 20202 min read
OMG! Don't Let My Husband Cut My Hair
The prospect of my husband cutting my hair during this pandemic is downright frightening.
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Jane Leder
Apr 13, 20203 min read
It's Not All Doom & Gloom
It's been a rough couple of weeks. But all is not doom and gloom.
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Jane Leder
Mar 29, 20203 min read
THE LETTER
It arrived amidst all the junk mail--the catalogs I never ordered, postcards from AARP, announcements about new senior communities in my...
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Jane Leder
Dec 30, 20193 min read
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?
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Jane Leder
Sep 9, 20193 min read
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,...
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Jane Leder
Aug 21, 20192 min read
"I'm A Senior Woman & I Still Care How I Look" Sheila Hansen, Guest Blogger
Hi. My name is Sheila. I’m 69 years old and I still care about how I look. I don’t think I’m alone on this. But if you pay attention...
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Jane Leder
Jul 26, 20193 min read
"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,...
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Jane Leder
Jul 18, 20193 min read
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...
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Jane Leder
Jun 19, 20193 min read
"Move It Or Lose It"
I started my blog, seventynme.com when I was . . . well, seventy. And here it is eight years later, and I'm still at it. I also host...
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Jane Leder
Jun 10, 20193 min read
"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...
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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
Jul 6, 20183 min read
My Forever Self
When a friend and I were talking—I’m sure I was whining about my back or the flab on my arms or something my husband said the other...
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Jane Leder
Jun 22, 20162 min read
Belated Father’s Day Musings
Father’s Day has come and gone. I took my husband out to dinner and bought the proverbial “You’re the best father in the world” card and...
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Jane Leder
Aug 22, 20152 min read
A Life Well Lived
Okay, she needs a walker to get around. She fractured her spine as a 94-year-old lifting and carting moving boxes. Her beloved husband...
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