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When Independence Trumps Reason
My father always remembers our birthdays. He knows my sisters and I are grown woman with grown children of our own. But he treats us as if we were all still 12 and a bit of a bother, rejecting both our professional accomplishments and the people we have become at 54, 57, and 60 with a vehemence and an emotional power that borders on abuse.
This is, I guess, the way he denies his own ... [Read Full Article]
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By Ann Sentilles. October 27, 2008 1:58:46 pm My father always remembers our birthdays. He knows my sisters and I are grown woman with grown children of our own. But he treats us as if we were all still 12 and a bit of a bother, rejecting both our professional accomplishments and the people we have become at 54, 57, and 60 with a vehemence and an emotional power that borders on abuse.
This is, I guess, the way he denies his own ... [Read Full Article]
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That Final Stop on the Journey
One of the experiences we share in The Third Third is the death of loved ones, so I wanted to share with you that my mother, Helen Isabel Ferris Hynes, died at the age of 94 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota on Sunday.
She lived independently all of her life, volunteered countless hours after her retirement, knitted hundreds of sweaters, caps, mittens, afghans - you name... [Read Full Article]
RELATIONSHIPS
By Mary Anne Reed, Ph.D., LMFT. October 27, 2008 12:15:41 am One of the experiences we share in The Third Third is the death of loved ones, so I wanted to share with you that my mother, Helen Isabel Ferris Hynes, died at the age of 94 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota on Sunday.
She lived independently all of her life, volunteered countless hours after her retirement, knitted hundreds of sweaters, caps, mittens, afghans - you name... [Read Full Article]
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My Walkabout
Does anyone else out there remember Evonne Goolagong, the professional tennis player from Australia? Unfortunately for her, what I remember most is not the 14 Grand Slam titles she won in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, but her tendency to go on what sportscasters called a “walkabout” in the middle of a match or tournament.
I’ve been there – on my own... [Read Full Article]
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By Ann Sentilles. September 18, 2008 1:57:14 pm Does anyone else out there remember Evonne Goolagong, the professional tennis player from Australia? Unfortunately for her, what I remember most is not the 14 Grand Slam titles she won in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, but her tendency to go on what sportscasters called a “walkabout” in the middle of a match or tournament.
I’ve been there – on my own... [Read Full Article]
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The Great Retirement Experiment
The Retirement Experiment was, in fact, simply an extended stay in our second home in the mountains. The experiment involved measuring the effect of five weeks away from the office on a husband who’s making noise about retiring at the end of the year.
The results were not impressive. We didn’t exactly fail Retirement 101; but it was tough going.
I rem... [Read Full Article]
LIFESTYLE
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 mountains. The experiment involved measuring the effect of five weeks away from the office on a husband who’s making noise about retiring at the end of the year.
The results were not impressive. We didn’t exactly fail Retirement 101; but it was tough going.
I rem... [Read Full Article]
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Sleepless at Sixty
I was going to post this story yesterday, but I needed a nap.
Mistake Number One for Insomniacs: Napping.
More mistakes: Reading in Bed. It’s for sleep only. Oh, and sex. (But that’s another story.) Sleeping in. Believing that an extra glass of wine will help you sleep. Worrying that you won’t be able to go to sleep when you go to bed. Drinking i... [Read Full Article]
HEALTH
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 Insomniacs: Napping.
More mistakes: Reading in Bed. It’s for sleep only. Oh, and sex. (But that’s another story.) Sleeping in. Believing that an extra glass of wine will help you sleep. Worrying that you won’t be able to go to sleep when you go to bed. Drinking i... [Read Full Article]
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Caretakers: Your New Best Friends
“A-yunn.” Crystal believed my name had two syllables.
Like she believed that Jesus Christ had died for her sins, that tanning salons were safer than beaches, and that “them little weenies in a can” constituted a legitimate source of protein for her kids.
“A-yunn. I need ta’ talk to you. Right away. Here.”
Crystal’s... [Read Full Article]
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By Ann Sentilles. July 29, 2008 12:16:00 am “A-yunn.” Crystal believed my name had two syllables.
Like she believed that Jesus Christ had died for her sins, that tanning salons were safer than beaches, and that “them little weenies in a can” constituted a legitimate source of protein for her kids.
“A-yunn. I need ta’ talk to you. Right away. Here.”
Crystal’s... [Read Full Article]
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Why I Retired at 55
Why?
Why?
Why?
I must have been asked that question 1,000 times in the weeks following the announcement that I would retire.
“Why?” by the way, was often followed by “Can I have your job?”
The job? Daily newspaper consumer columnist.
Being part voyeur and part fairy godmother for thousands of readers was a... [Read Full Article]
LIFESTYLE
By Jane Greig. July 21, 2008 10:53:31 am Why?
Why?
Why?
I must have been asked that question 1,000 times in the weeks following the announcement that I would retire.
“Why?” by the way, was often followed by “Can I have your job?”
The job? Daily newspaper consumer columnist.
Being part voyeur and part fairy godmother for thousands of readers was a... [Read Full Article]
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Building Better Bones -- or Not?
Following three women down a hiking trail recently, I overheard their conversation about sleep, energy, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy. One asked “Are you always tired?” The others followed: “Did you have a hysterectomy?” “Are you taking hormones?” “Natural or prescription?” “What about breast cancer – aren’t you ... [Read Full Article]
HEALTH
By Ann Sentilles. July 21, 2008 10:33:00 am Following three women down a hiking trail recently, I overheard their conversation about sleep, energy, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy. One asked “Are you always tired?” The others followed: “Did you have a hysterectomy?” “Are you taking hormones?” “Natural or prescription?” “What about breast cancer – aren’t you ... [Read Full Article]
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We're Not Done Yet!
The new 40-something publisher of the Washington Post recently appointed a new 40-something editor of the newspaper, broadcasting to media watchers and Washington movers and shakers alike that change is, decidedly, on the Pulitzer prize-winning organization’s menu.
Change would be a good thing for the business of most newspapers; they seem to be scrambling to justify th... [Read Full Article]
LIFESTYLE
By Ann Sentilles. July 18, 2008 11:46:58 am The new 40-something publisher of the Washington Post recently appointed a new 40-something editor of the newspaper, broadcasting to media watchers and Washington movers and shakers alike that change is, decidedly, on the Pulitzer prize-winning organization’s menu.
Change would be a good thing for the business of most newspapers; they seem to be scrambling to justify th... [Read Full Article]
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Sex in the City, 2008
My sister has offered to write the sex scenes in the novel(s) I have been trying to write for a few years. Younger and yet more “experienced” than I, she doubts I have the know-how to create anything sufficiently steamy or salacious.
She’s probably right.
Yet from what I hear, today’s scenes have now even gone beyond her brief fling with being single ... [Read Full Article]
RELATIONSHIPS
By Ann Sentilles. June 23, 2008 3:18:06 pm My sister has offered to write the sex scenes in the novel(s) I have been trying to write for a few years. Younger and yet more “experienced” than I, she doubts I have the know-how to create anything sufficiently steamy or salacious.
She’s probably right.
Yet from what I hear, today’s scenes have now even gone beyond her brief fling with being single ... [Read Full Article]
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