Fresh stuff, best-of-the-web for midlife women

Great writing by women you'd like to have a drink with.

Walking the run, running the walk

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Sometimes just making it to the finish line is a win.

When it's time to write your memoir

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What's your story? How will you tell it?

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Madeleine Blais talks about the art and craft of writing memoir.


In praise of soup plates

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Because we're older, and we have nicer dishes.

Five fun ways to mix up the workout

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Stuck in a rut? Try Bikram. Or Beyonce.

Sisterhood is still powerful. Ooh is it powerful.

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Maggie Cushman writes from the middle of the sisterly minefield

Out of the carpool

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When the chauffeuring days are over.

In the waiting room with mom

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 A stressful    workday,

an overloaded doctor,

a crowded waiting room,

...and an unexpected gift of time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad news or good news? Women over 50 unlikely to remarry.

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Now they tell us: 30 years after the news media told us we'd better find a guy and marry him--fast--it seems the guys are faring better the second time around.

Plus: K.T. Oslin's formula for relational success.

Turning 50? Close to it? Read these books

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In which we sort out the junk from the good stuff



Size doesn't matter and other shopping rules for women over 40

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Retailista Catherine Fisher offers tips to make your clothes shopping go a bit smoother.