Welcome to a collection of thoughts, tips, and techniques on living a Wise and Wild and Wonderful Life.
A wise and wild life is a rich, joyous, wonderful life.
It’s using all the wisdom you’ve gathered so far to create the life of your dreams and adding a touch of wildness in the form experimentation, openness to new things and seeing joy.
It’s a life of your own choosing.
There’s always something new to try, to think about, to savor.
There are thousands of women over fifty creating wise, wild and wonderful lives, and some of their stories will be here.
Come play with us!
Seeking
Boomers and Beyond hosted an evening with Jane Pauley last week. She spoke about her recent book, Your Life Calling. It was a lovely evening. Jane (she makes it seem like it's fine to call her by her first name) had come from a meeting with CBS just a couple of days...
read moreHope and Renewal
Spring, Passover, Easter. It's time for hope and thoughts of new beginnings and a good time for Trish's story. Trish is one of the amazing Fifty Over Fifty. She underwent a double lung transplant and was able to resume her career and her life. These are excerpts from...
read moreApril is the Cruelest Month
I'm always a mixture of emotions in April, mixing melancholy with anticipation. This year, the weather is fickle, my schedule is unsettled and I'm waiting for some big projects to bloom, hampered by bouts of delays. I go outside and finally see a handful of crocuses...
read moreIs Persistence Holding You Back?
My whole life I've been taught the value of persistence. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. It takes a hundred "no's" to get to "yes." In the words of the Old Philosopher (you'll need to be over 50 to remember this), "Never give up, never give up, never...
read moreWomen’s History – All Year
Today is the last day of Women's History Month, but by no means the end of celebrating women - or knowing what's going on that affects women. Women's eNews is published daily and keeps us all informed about women's issues. It's the brainchild of Rita Henley Jensen....
read moreLoss – Once Removed
Yesterday I heard from two friends whose ex-husbands had died. Neither had maintained contact with their ex, but once there had been a loving relationship. Both women had children with their former partner. Both children had complicated relationships with their...
read moreOpenness to Possibilities – Looking Within
Few women that I know have planned as successful a retirement as Bethene. She leads a rich, full life, selecting new challenges and adventures every year. The significance of her journey, for me, is her ability to look within and to know herself so well. This is an...
read moreShaping your Life Bouquet
This is an imaginary garden - the garden that is your life. It might be Spring sometime soon. Or you might live someplace warm, so you may have flowers to look at as you think about this. What have you planted? what would you like to weed out of your life garden? What...
read moreWhat Makes a Great Interview?
I'm reading through 554 pages of interview transcripts, looking for gems that need to be in the book and finding many beautiful moments along the way. Phyllis Haynes spoke eloquently about her favorite interviews: Sophia Loren - beautiful. One of the things that you...
read moreWinter Blah-rometer
It snowed yesterday and it's going to snow tomorrow. Carole Wehberg Posted this on facebook recently, capturing the mood for many of us: This was one of the worst weeks ever. I am s-o-o-o sick and tired of trudging through snow and slush and drudging (Is that a word?)...
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