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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
Apr 9, 20203 min read
The Vacuum Cleaner Bag and Kaftca
The yellow light on the lid of my vacuum cleaner warned me that it was time to change the bag. I had a new box of bags in the basement...
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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
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Buena Vista Social Club Comes to Town
This was Mexico at its best.
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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
Feb 29, 20202 min read
That's Not Me, Is It?
This isn't the first time it has happened. In truth, it happens all the time. I'm in a group, say, at a concert or a play and look...
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Jane Leder
Feb 5, 20203 min read
Okay, So I'm A Kvetch
For those who don't speak a word of Yddish, a kvetch is a big-time complainer. My paternal grandparents spoke Yiddish when they didn't...
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Jane Leder
Jan 20, 20203 min read
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...
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Jane Leder
Jan 16, 20202 min read
My Mother Was My Greatest Fan
Whenever I wanted feedback on a piece of my writing, I would call my mother. She listened patiently as I read, sometimes stumbling over...
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Jane Leder
Jan 9, 20204 min read
"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
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Jane Leder
Jan 5, 20203 min read
HGTV & God (A Post Back by Popular Demand)
I could never be a guest on HGTV, even if the Property Brothers or Chip and Joanna offered to build the house of my dreams.
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Jane Leder
Dec 31, 20193 min read
10 Steps To Save My Sanity in 2020
10 Steps to Save Your Sanity in 2020
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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
Dec 24, 20193 min read
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!" ...
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Jane Leder
Dec 19, 20193 min read
Therapy For Free
Don't get excited: I'm not talking about trained therapists with all kinds of degrees who charge enormous sums for a 45-to-60 minute...
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Jane Leder
Dec 13, 20192 min read
"If Only I Had. . ."
I was reading an article about Diana Nyad, the long-distance swimmer who broke every record on the books. In the New Yorker piece from...
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Jane Leder
Nov 29, 20193 min read
"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
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Jane Leder
Nov 25, 20193 min read
Gone, Expired, Passed
There is something bugging me. Not a big thing, not an important thing. It's just that I bristle when I hear that someone is gone or...
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