Longer Unemployment for Those 45 and Older
Posted 4/14/2009 - Jackie Reed | 3 comment(s)
Nothing surprising in the article and it makes no distinction between the genders but here are some of the more recent statistics.
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I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
Posted 4/13/2009 - Suzanne Caplan | 2 comment(s)
Or complain or give advice or make you laugh. Live on the radio again for a 3 hour fill in on Wed between 3-6PM EST. The show is about business but I am not always. Station is WMNY-AM 1360 on the dial and you can listen to the simulcast on Talkshoe.com.......check out PRRAdio. . . . .
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The Demise of a Morning Tradition
Posted 4/13/2009 - Haralee Weintraub | 3 comment(s)
I love reading the morning paper with my coffee and breakfast. Lately I find myself looking for more in my paper. More paper that is. When I pick up the paper in my driveway it feels lighter and lighter. . . . .
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EYES ON THE ROAD
Posted 4/13/2009 - Mary Allan Mill | 4 comment(s)
Saturday I had to pick up some prescriptions at the drug store. My operation was on Tuesday, Dewey drove me over for my follow-up on Wednesday, so I thought I would be fine.
About four mles from home I just wanted to close my eyes despite dark glasses. . . . .
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The first day of my life all over again
Posted 4/13/2009 - Sharon Salomon | 7 comment(s)
On April 25th I will become a Bat Mitzvah at almost 65 years old. It is my plan that on April 26th I will be "reborn", not so much with soft wrinkle free, cellulite free skin or perky boobs or taut abs (which might not be too bad but it ain't gonna happen) but with a new sense of purpose. I'm not so sure that I mean that I will "reinvent" myself--which seems to be what people think I mean. . . . .
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Envy
Posted 4/13/2009 - | 5 comment(s)
Once it was brought to my attention many years ago by someone I counseled with, I find it easier to recognize. It's envy, and it's ugly.
It comes in many forms and can be terribly destructive. It often . . . .
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Bad Girls Go Everywhere: Review of Helen Gurley Brown Bio.
Posted 4/12/2009 - Jackie Reed | 4 comment(s)
Salon Magazine is currently running a review of a new Biography
of Helen Gurley Brown the long time editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine and author of Read More
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Communication and Stress
Posted 4/12/2009 - Mary Johnston | 7 comment(s)
A few years ago I was referred for a diagnostic mammogram due to a suspicious spot on my initial film. My stress level was high. My husband went with me for moral support only (I thought) but after the consultation I needed him to tell me what the radiologist had said. . . . .
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The "V" word. Elective surgery during a recession.
Posted 4/12/2009 - Melissa Harmon | 2 comment(s)
There has not been a discussion concerning elective surgery that I can remember here at WE. However I came across this article in the Times. And no, it’s not about a nip here, or a tuck there. It’s about Vasectomies. . . . .
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Taking It Too Personally
Posted 4/11/2009 - nancy lendved | 12 comment(s)
There are many things I’ve had to not take personally – being left behind to make my own way as Ande forged ahead on his own divergent spiritual path, my stepson’s altered state after the psychotic break that was the first battle in . . . .
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