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💬 [B]old People: Do you want to live to 100?
According to a "Death Clock," I'll live to 95. But how many of those years will be healthy ones?
Jun 20
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Redefining [b]old age for women without children
A Q&A with Jody Day, the founder of the childless advocacy movement
Jun 13
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Talking how babies smell, intergenerational friendships & more with Isabel Cowles Murphy
This was a ridiculous amount of fun because Isabel is so full of energy. We covered a lot of ground, from her writing (and mine), to the self-identity…
Jun 7
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Isabel Cowles Murphy
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Talking how babies smell, intergenerational friendships & more with Isabel Cowles Murphy
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One year later: Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"!
It's still complicated, but I am starting to take responsibility for my own self-doubt
May 30
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💬 [B]old Women: How’s your eyesight? Mine’s shitty
but after cataract surgery this week…
May 23
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Debbie Weil
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💬 [B]old Women: How’s your eyesight? Mine’s shitty
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I am not who you think I am
Sep 20, 2024
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Debbie Weil
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I am not who you think I am
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Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"
Jun 14, 2024
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Shit happens: do I need to give up drinking? skiing? traveling?
Jan 24
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Debbie Weil
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Shit happens: do I need to give up drinking? skiing? traveling?
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Legendary memoirist Abigail Thomas doesn’t give a shit
Oct 4, 2024
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Legendary memoirist Abigail Thomas doesn’t give a shit
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ChatGPT tricked me into feeling understood, as a person and a writer
Like a dangerously seductive boyfriend, its flattery was hard to resist
May 16
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Debbie Weil
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ChatGPT tricked me into feeling understood, as a person and a writer
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Re-bonjour d'Avignon!
a wave from Avignon where, once again, I'm studying French
May 9
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Debbie Weil
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Judith Viorst, 94, doesn’t want to flunk old age
The legendary author gives herself a B, so far
May 2
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Debbie Weil
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Judith Viorst, 94, doesn’t want to flunk old age
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Surprise encounters in Alsace, France
🇫🇷🍷a two-star, too-long Michelin dinner and a new friend from Ukraine 🇺🇦: my visit to France's distinctive northeastern region
Apr 26
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Debbie Weil
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Lessons in mothering adult daughters
What I learned from a fraught conversation with them about a painting
Apr 18
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Debbie Weil
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Lessons in mothering adult daughters
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Redefining [b]old age for women without children
A Q&A with Jody Day, the founder of the childless advocacy movement
Jun 13
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Debbie Weil
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Judith Viorst, 94, doesn’t want to flunk old age
The legendary author gives herself a B, so far
May 2
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Turning 60, Sari Botton is “the most me” she’s ever been
A revealing Q&A with the creator of Oldster Magazine
Mar 21
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Nan Tepper on “coming out” as a writer and finally accepting herself
A Q&A with a queer, single, 63-year-old woman who writes with humor about depression, disordered eating, and her dysfunctional family.
Feb 21
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Debbie Weil
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Valerie Monroe on the “nasty cosmic joke” of old age
A Q&A with Oprah Magazine’s former beauty editor and creator of How Not to F*ck Up Your Face
Jan 10
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Valerie Monroe on the “nasty cosmic joke” of old age
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One year later: Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"!
It's still complicated, but I am starting to take responsibility for my own self-doubt
May 30
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Debbie Weil
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How will I cope if my husband dies?
A reader asks this painful question and I attempt a two-fold response
Oct 18, 2024
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Debbie Weil
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[B]old Women: Has grief changed your self-concept?
Losing both of my parents in the past 18 months has opened up so many questions about them as people, about their role in our relationship, abou…
Sep 13, 2024
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Debbie Weil
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Please don't say "Sorry for your loss"
A complicated relationship with my dad has led to complicated grief.
Jun 14, 2024
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How I lost my mom long before she died
At 72, I am finally finding forgiveness for my mother... and myself.
Mar 22, 2024
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