MidLifeBloggers

MidLifeBloggers is an on-line magazine featuring writing, art, photography of bloggers, both men and women, who's work speaks to the full spectrum of the midlife experience. MidLifeBloggers doesn't talk about How-To; it shows How We Are. The site is professionally edited by an experienced journalist/writing teacher, and part of our mandate is to mentor and instruct those who are just beginning their writing careers.

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Remembering the Crucial Things of Christmas Past

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Dec 19, 2011

Somewhere in this bittersweet funk, I have been remembering things that used to be really important to me that are no more, and wondering why. Such as:

More Gifts That Keep On Giving

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Dec 16, 2011

Here are a couple more gift ideas that you can do last minute–what! you’re not done shopping yet?–and they have a dual purpose: pleasing the giftee as well as the person who benefits from your charity. I get the catalogues for Heife...

Wednesday Writers Workshop: Real Time Real Life Blogging Seminar

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Dec 14, 2011

I'm putting together the best of what I've learned over the almost eight years that I've been blogging as well as my experience in social media and years of teaching writing.

The Creation of a Grandfather

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Dec 12, 2011

With them, he could just be Papa, with no real responsibility or accountability - and so they got the best of him.

The Doll Under the Christmas Tree

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Jane Gassner -

Dec 8, 2011

One odd fact, though: every year, when I got that doll, I would name her Susie. I have no idea why.

Wednesday Writers Workshop: Holiday Memories, Naughty or Nice

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Dec 7, 2011

Here’s a simple one: what’s the one thing you could always count on at Christmas/Chanukah/Kwaanza/whatever? It could be something nice, like a gift or a tradition. Or it could be something if not naughty, then just not nice. I’ll...

What to give the ungiftable…

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Dec 5, 2011

Want to make your money do more that just please the giftee? How about a twofer: you get to give a cool gift and save the environment, food chain, economy?

The Devolution of a Family Christmas

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Jane Gassner -

Dec 1, 2011

The Christmas wreath on my door, festooned with ribbon and twinkling lights, is just southwest of the mezzuzah on the doorframe, and truth to tell, I like it that way.