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elcome to The Third Third, a new 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. 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.
By Anonymous. August 20, 2008 1:46:07 pm
The Retirement Experiment was, in fact, simply an extended stay in our second home in the mount... [Read Full Article]
Sleepless at Sixty
By Ann Sentilles. August 01, 2008 11:05:52 am
I was going to post this story yesterday, but I needed a nap.
Mistake Number One for... [Read Full Article]
Caretakers: Your New Best Friends
By Ann Sentilles. July 29, 2008 12:16:00 am
“A-yunn.” Crystal believed my name had two syllables.
Like she believed... [Read Full Article]
By Ann Sentilles. May 11, 2008 6:07:00 pm
My kids say I am a sucker for anything labeled “New” in the grocery store.
And my husband knows that I count season’s tickets to the theater or the symphony more as obligations than as “dates.”
So I am not exactly chained to my comfort zone. But I hadn’t truly been outside of it for a while. I am happy to report it’s refreshing out there! Refreshing the way a quick dip in a cool pool is refreshing – hard to do at first, but oh, how good it feels once you’ve done it!
As I think about the third third of lif... [Read Full Article]
By Ann Sentilles. April 03, 2008 10:06:34 am
My daughter, Sarah, is a better feminist than I. Stronger, more consistent, and angrier. That puts her out of step with many of the women of her generation (she’s 34) who reportedly take the hard-won advances of our generation for granted. She sees those same hard-won advances as meager, sometimes even illusory, and at best personal rather than systemic. Her goal is nothing less than the wholesale overhaul of human rights such that they are accessible to and equitably manifest in one and all in every aspect of daily living, regardless of gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, income, o... [Read Full Blog]
By Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant. August 25, 2008 3:05:46 pm
(From an Interview with the Author, Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant)
Interviewer: Can I s... [Read Full Blog]
Mama Mia!!!
By Ann Sentilles. August 01, 2008 09:16:37 am
Mama Mia!! (the movie): Go see it! See it today! Go back and see it again! Buy the... [Read Full Blog]
Who Are You? Use Six Words.
By Ann Sentilles. July 22, 2008 11:29:55 am
My friend Dr. Mary Anne Reed, a teacher and licensed therapist, called my attention to SMITH Ma... [Read Full Blog]
elcome to The Third Third, a new 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. 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.
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The Great Retirement ExperimentBy Anonymous. August 20, 2008 1:46:07 pm
The Retirement Experiment was, in fact, simply an extended stay in our second home in the mount... [Read Full Article]
Sleepless at Sixty
By Ann Sentilles. August 01, 2008 11:05:52 am
I was going to post this story yesterday, but I needed a nap.
Mistake Number One for... [Read Full Article]
Caretakers: Your New Best Friends
By Ann Sentilles. July 29, 2008 12:16:00 am
“A-yunn.” Crystal believed my name had two syllables.
Like she believed... [Read Full Article]
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Sand Traps in my Comfort Zone!By Ann Sentilles. May 11, 2008 6:07:00 pm
My kids say I am a sucker for anything labeled “New” in the grocery store.
And my husband knows that I count season’s tickets to the theater or the symphony more as obligations than as “dates.”
So I am not exactly chained to my comfort zone. But I hadn’t truly been outside of it for a while. I am happy to report it’s refreshing out there! Refreshing the way a quick dip in a cool pool is refreshing – hard to do at first, but oh, how good it feels once you’ve done it!
As I think about the third third of lif... [Read Full Article]
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A Book of Her OwnBy Ann Sentilles. April 03, 2008 10:06:34 am
My daughter, Sarah, is a better feminist than I. Stronger, more consistent, and angrier. That puts her out of step with many of the women of her generation (she’s 34) who reportedly take the hard-won advances of our generation for granted. She sees those same hard-won advances as meager, sometimes even illusory, and at best personal rather than systemic. Her goal is nothing less than the wholesale overhaul of human rights such that they are accessible to and equitably manifest in one and all in every aspect of daily living, regardless of gender, race, creed, sexual orientation, income, o... [Read Full Blog]
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Not Guilty by Reason of MenpauseBy Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant. August 25, 2008 3:05:46 pm
(From an Interview with the Author, Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant)
Interviewer: Can I s... [Read Full Blog]
Mama Mia!!!
By Ann Sentilles. August 01, 2008 09:16:37 am
Mama Mia!! (the movie): Go see it! See it today! Go back and see it again! Buy the... [Read Full Blog]
Who Are You? Use Six Words.
By Ann Sentilles. July 22, 2008 11:29:55 am
My friend Dr. Mary Anne Reed, a teacher and licensed therapist, called my attention to SMITH Ma... [Read Full Blog]