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Jane Leder
Oct 25, 20213 min read
If You've Been Wondering . . .
For those of you who don't know me except through seventynme.com, I thought I'd attach a link to the YouTube reading that I along with...
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Jane Leder
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Transitioning (No, Not That Transitioning)
Roundabout this time of year, I start obsessing about the change from summer to fall and then to you know what. I prefer not to utter the...
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Jane Leder
Sep 27, 20213 min read
When Technology Bites You In The Butt
I needed a drink. Something "stiff." The Zoom event in which I'd been invited to read part of a personal essay about a psychic reader had...
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Jane Leder
Sep 17, 20213 min read
A QUESTION of BALANCE
I'm out of whack. Off-kilter. Keerflooey. Verklempt. It's as if I'm walking the tightrope between the two Twin Towers in New York with...
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Jane Leder
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Thinning Hair "Down There"
Is it normal? Do we lose our "pubes" as we age? I never thought I'd ask this question let alone write about it. It feels embarrassing...
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Jane Leder
Jul 19, 20214 min read
What Did I Learn in the School of Life This Year?
My seventy-sixth birthday is a matter of days away. Another year in the books. I'd like to think that I'm one step closer to cronehood,...
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Jane Leder
Jun 14, 20213 min read
Can't Find The Right Word? Try Yiddish
I didn't have anything pressing on my schedule for the day so when a friend called to rave about "Lockdown University," a series of...
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Jane Leder
Jun 1, 20213 min read
Dying On Purpose
Malka from "Shitsel" In all the hours and hours that I spent creating a title for my book about teen suicide, "Dying On Purpose" was...
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Jane Leder
May 19, 20213 min read
Life After Pandemic (LAP)
So, how's it going? Had your vaccinations? Now well beyond the two-week "be-safe" waiting period so that the vaccine is at its full...
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Jane Leder
Apr 29, 20213 min read
Tell The Truth
Yesterday after repeating a final namaste in my yoga class via Zoom, opening my eyes, and adjusting to "reality," my teacher read what...
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Jane Leder
Apr 19, 20213 min read
You Know Things Are Bad If You're Watching "Family Feud"
My name is Jane. I'm an addict. Okay, let's change that up a tad. Hello, my name is Jane. I watched "Family Feud" last week and then...
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Jane Leder
Apr 9, 20214 min read
Taking A Hike
I can't fold a fitted sheet worth a damn. But I can ford a stream (Who Knew?), hike a narrow rim trail, and survive the insults of a...
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Jane Leder
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Traveling with a Photographer
I sat in our rented 2021 Kia waiting again for my husband to get the “shot.” He made me wait in a Tucson gallery parking lot while he...
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Jane Leder
Mar 16, 20213 min read
"Shots in the Arm: Money in the Pocket"
I like it. It's catchy. Maybe the Dems are on to something. Maybe they won't miss the Lincoln Project--the brain trust behind the...
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Jane Leder
Mar 4, 20213 min read
Yikes! Swollen Lymph Nodes and the Corona Vaccine
Before the mammographer conducted the annual squish-the-breast test, she asked me the perfunctory questions that we can all answer in our...
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Jane Leder
Mar 2, 20213 min read
TOSS THE GUILT
It's a cloudy, chilly day here in the Midwest. I step outside because Alexa says it's 48 degrees which, for this time of year, is...
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Jane Leder
Feb 17, 20213 min read
Your Most Cherished Object
A friend sent me a link to storied-stuff.com, a site where anyone can submit a short 250-word or less story about their most cherished...
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Jane Leder
Feb 12, 20213 min read
"Burnin' Down The House"
Maybe it was listening and dancing to The Talking Heads' rockin' song "Burnin' Down The House." Or more likely, it was my foggy brain...
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Jane Leder
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Got My Vaccine: Now What?
My husband and I stood in a socially distanced line in front of the Levy Senior Center. It was a typical winter day in the Chicago...
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Jane Leder
Jan 17, 20213 min read
Elderly? Are You Kidding?
I don't know about you, but there is more to this COVID-19 plague than the risk of getting ill. It's about being vaccinated and into...
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