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Midlife Sage-What I Wish I Had Known As A Young Woman
Avoid the muck Women spend too many years struggling and stressing through all the crap of daily life before they finally realize the aching truth: Damn, I should have taken the path around the bog!...
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Why Run Away To Join The Circus When It’s At Home?
Remember that crazed clown at the circus? He was the one spinning a dozen flaming torches while peddling a unicycle on a high wire as the out-of-tune calliope wheezed out a medley of manic music. Now...
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Let’s Talk About Shoes
Go buy shoes. There is only one thing to do when the world’s calamities conspire with personal and professional pressures to dump a load of crap on your head: go buy shoes. We love getting new shoes...
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Five Top Tips for Young Women
There is no need to search for the Elusive Magic Guru of All Answers or schedule appointments with an expensive shrink. Take some free advice from a well-seasoned traveler of life who scrambled out on...
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Why Adults Should Dress Up for Halloween
Why should kids have all the fun? I used to dress up as a clown and accompany my children on their Halloween trick-or-treat trips. Instead of a bucket for candy, I carried a wine glass. Sometimes it...
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The Midlife Sage Says: If You Didn’t Vote, Don’t Complain
I’ll be SO happy when the national election is over because we can go back to debating important issues, such as which wine to have with weinersnitchel. After serious research and exploratory...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Write – But Don’t Send – That Snarky Email
Most of you can relate to this egregious error: Some fool offends you on a bad day so you have no other option but to get revenge with the instant brass knuckles available through the Internet....
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The Midlife Sage Says: Avoid The Platitude About Gratitude
Feeling guilty because your Thanksgiving experience never resembles the Norman Rockwell painting of a happy family gathered around a lovely table as Grandma in her white apron proudly delivers a...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Share Some Time, Beer and/or Pie with Your Mother-in-law
Unless your mother-in-law is a convicted felon or a pole dancer at the Kit Kat Klub, you should try and spend quality one-on-one time with her. After all, she raised the person you married. If she...
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The Midlife Sage Says: You Can Balance Tough Lady With Bawl Baby
My two-month-old granddaughter cries for three main reasons. Either she’s hungry, she’s tired, or her diapers are dirty. I don’t need to be changed, but I could really use a sandwich and a nap. Maybe...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Blended Families Can Survive The Holidays Without A...
Your family tree. It could be in danger of falling over because the branches are laden with sporadic offshoots, new in-laws, old stepparents, and assorted children who share multiple homes. But because...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Tell Your Story In A December Journal
Put down your peppermint schnapps and find a quiet place so you can write about the past year. Summarize all the fun and fabulous, the rotten and wretched, and the clever and comedic parts of 2012....
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The Midlife Sage Says: Make Your Own Music In 2013
The songs of the holidays. I grew up listening to The Captain and Tennille singing about “Muskrat Love” and The Carpenters warbling “Sing of good things, not bad. Sing of happy, not sad.” I believe...
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The Midlife Sage Says: How to Raise Amazing Children
My son works in law enforcement. His job often requires him to enter homes where good parenting skills aren’t a priority. It’s difficult to prepare a nutritious family meal when the kitchen has been...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Plan Your Own Play Day
Local children get all excited when the schools are closed for a snow day. As an evolving curmudgeon, I snort with scorn because in my day we walked miles through a blizzard for the privilege of going...
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The Midlife Sage Says: Here’s a Survival Guide in Five Easy Paragraphs
Life experience. Some of you have been around the block enough times to know where to avoid the mud and dog poop or when to stop and smell the roses. Others, however, refuse to try a better path so...
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The Midlife Sage Says: You Don’t Need to Shop ’til You Drop
Using free time. While on a business trip, most women use their free time to exercise in the hotel gym, find the nearest wine bar, or pretend they are comfortable browsing in Saks Fifth Avenue. I...
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Midlife Sage Says: A Kiss Every Day Outlasts Lingerie
The National Retail Federation predicts $18.6 billion will be spent on Valentine’s Day gifts. Gifts that include jewelry, flowers, candy, and greeting cards. However, many middle-aged couples ignore...
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The Midlife Sage: The Fun Of Falling In Love At Fifty
Falling in love. Nothing screams “pathetic loser” more than being a middle-aged divorcee alone at a festive party where beautiful couples are trading sloppy kisses and giggling like demented clowns....
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The Midlife Sage Says: Enjoy A Family Vacation Without Drama Or Trauma
You’ve seen the advertisements. They feature glossy photos of deliriously happy families laughing together on vacation. Keep in mind that these people are paid strangers and will never see each other...
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