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GUEST POST by Jo Saia

Sep 7 •

August 2024

A Broadway show triggers old memories and new surprises

Aug 26 •

The Montezuma Waterfall Hike

A guest post by Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D.

Aug 12 •

Reconnecting With Your Adult Children

Finding a way back from a rupture in your relationship is a process, not a conclusion

Aug 1 •

May 2024

The Worst Meal I Ever Cooked

Remembering that dinner is about much more than food and eating

May 18 •

April 2024

Can't Get Yourself to Sit Down at Your Computer?

Cultivating the art of avoidance

Apr 22 •

March 2024

Do You Want to be Alone?

A new book talks about some of the (sometimes surprising) joys of single life

Mar 12 •

January 2024

No Horseback Riding Today

A lesson in age and humility

Jan 27 •

December 2023

Grandparenting and Gift-giving: A Holiday Dilemma

When it comes to gifts for the beloved children in our lives, how do we negotiate conflicts between our own gift-giving desires and those of their…

Dec 8, 2023 •

November 2023

How to Manage the Holidays When You’re Grieving

Making space for pain can make room for moments of joy.

Nov 27, 2023 •

Reading for Comfort, Escape, and a Little Bit of Education

Here's a partial list of what I’m reading these days – what are you reading?

Nov 13, 2023 •

October 2023

Wisdom? What Wisdom?

What does our generation have to offer the next?

Oct 30, 2023 •

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