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Having written for women's Web sites and contributed to several women's books over the past 12 years, Dena continues to examine as well as celebrate midlife with a vengeance (and a sense of humor) reserved only for women who have been there, done that.

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Perenially young Sally Field

She's the girl everyone would want to take home to meet thee family. Everyone -- not just men -- because even as a Boomer, Sally Field exudes that...
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Editing the Cosby sweater

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All manner of written word deserves a good editing job. So how about getting a wardrobe edit? If you haven’t combed through the various,...
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Patty Duke: Playing the hand she was dealt

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She was the petite darling of the 50s, 60s and 70s, acting up a storm to win an Oscar for role as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker. She went on to...
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Ladies unleashed

I have to hand it to the ladies. Even those of us who have reached their 50s and beyond have finally learned to cut loose.This past weekend I...
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Seasons that light(en) our journeys

Last year's Mother's Day hinted at it. My 20-something daughter insisted on taking me to lunch at a pre-ordained restaurant and even included her new...
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Agreeing to disagree on politics is so much easier . . .

Okay, I get it that the news is important. I always have.My father was adamant about Walter Cronkite pre-empting anything else my brothers, mother or...
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Different strokes

In my 20s and 30s, I had what were jokingly called ‘childbearing’ hips. But they were no joke to me at the time.No matter that I was a...
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No shortcuts allowed

Although most Christians may have already cleaned up after the Easter eggs, unwrapped the chocoloate bunnies and perhaps even added wilted pastel...
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The forces of nature at work on me are not amusing . . .

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Everything is heading south. No, not to the states with grits and mint juleps, but to the two feet that lie beneath me as I creep towards my sixth...
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Reality checks at any age

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Why does it oftentimes take a loss of a someone close to us to jolt us into a more focused reality? Recently my husband and I attended the funeral of...
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