An online journal for women engaging the third third of their lives.
Welcome to The Third Third
The online journal for thinkers, writers, activists, moms, sisters, daughters, and friends — any woman engaged in making the most of the next stage of her life.
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Earth Day.Let’s call it Earth Week. At the rate Americans have taken up the cause to date, they might have to call it Earth Millenium...
Too Much March Madness?
I think the NCAA Tournament drags on for far too long. It interferes with baseball’s opening days. It happens at the end of a long seaso...
An intelligent, interactive journalistic forum, The Third Third redefines what women age 50 and beyond need to know to realize our most creative, passionate, energetic and fulfilled selves — and to make a lasting, positive contribution to our world.
Targeting the Aging
Do you feel it, too – that target that’s been drawn on your chest, centered between your wrinkle-creamed neck and exercised-but-nevertheless...
Good Job, Dad!
Last year about this time, my grown children elicited a promise from me that I would never again post any writings about them without their permission.&...
What do you say when . . . A friend loses her job?
You can probably write one mean thank you note. And you know how t...
Lifestyle in The Third Third
The Third Third is a newly recognized developmental stage, not unlike adolescence. It is a transitional time, as we move from one age to another (hence the term ?aging?), and it has symptoms, some liberating, some painful. Here we're defining what it means and how we live.
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Finance in The Third Third
Life in the Third Third (previously considered Retirement) has generally meant a down-sizing of one's whole world, dictated by decreased income and the loss of economic potential. If you reject this perspective, what do you need to know about money, investing, and the currently debilitated world economy? Even if you don't reject it, what kind of financial decisions are you making?
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Aging Parents in The Third Third
Our already-complex relationships with our parents can be tested at this time in our lives - and theirs — by mental and physical health issues, financial constraints, your sense of responsibility, their sense of entitlement or fierce independence, and the absence of a roadmap for this part of the journey. Let's talk about what we know, what we're learning, and what we need.
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