The Four-Quarter Life: my (lively) debate with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox on whether it's reality or hype

Avivah argues we can plan for a long, four-quarter life. I argue that "shit happens" and life doesn’t always follow the plan—especially in Q4.

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

Permission to be boring

[b]oldly looking for beauty in the ordinary and the tilts in the obvious

Oct 24 • 

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Substack celebrity Sarah Fay to join our [B]old Book Club!

See you Nov. 25th for a provocative third session of our [B]old Women Book Club

Oct 21 • 

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💬 [B]old Women: Sky diving or a session with a sex worker; which would you choose?

Join me in continuing to explore sex, desire, and body image in [b]old age.

Oct 17 • 

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Sex at 73: low libido, an unhelpful doctor, and the comparison game

Searching for the secret to feeling hot again and to more frequent sex in my 70s (and no, I'm not hiring a sex worker)

Oct 10 • 

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📚 Really juicy clips (and a full replay) from the 2nd meeting of the [B]old Women Book Club

How award-winning author Hilma Wolitzer bowled us over with her humor and writing advice.

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

The six pounds I didn't lose this summer

The mirror may not lie, but it doesn't tell the whole story

Sep 26 • 

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💬 [B]old Women: An all-women retirement community—would you consider it?

I'm still not sure about “retirement," but “community” (and creating more of it) sounds really good

Sep 19 • 

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Deb Copaken's naked truth about living, working, and loving in a woman’s body

A Q&A with Deborah Copaken, NYT bestselling author of Shutterbabe and Ladyparts

Sep 12 • 

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📚 It’s time to RSVP for September's [B]old Women Book Club!

Our next book club is with American literary treasure Hilma Wolitzer

Sep 9 • 

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A high-tide farewell to my parents

My three siblings and I gathered on our little island in Maine's Penobscot Bay to send their ashes out to sea

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

📚 The [B]old Women Book Club comes back with 95-year-old author Hilma Wolitzer

An update for book and memoir lovers

Aug 24 • 

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