Honoring Esther
By Suzanne Braun Levine
Esther M. Broner, who died this month at 83, was a true woman of valor – generous to her friends, nurturing to her children, and devoted to the dignity of women. She wrote 11 books of fiction and non-fiction – all with a mystical subtext, was a philosopher, a witch (the good kind), and a believer in ritual.
Helen Mirren, ZOOMER Magazine (Canada),
July/August 2011:
“My world at 65 is a world that I love and a world that I enjoy.” “I get a little tired of the obsession with sexuality when there are so many other human qualities out there. It just becomes BORING.”
In 2008, AARP magazine, celebrated “50 Reasons to Love Being 50+.”
Here are ten that remain our favorites because… Sex gets better with age Gray looks good You have guts to change careers You’re more compassionate We don’t tolerate bad service You’ve been embarrassed so much you’re all out of chagrin Love grows deeper over time We are powerful We’re living longer than ever before Older […]
“Writing about Me, Ourselves, and You”
By Suzanne Braun Levine,
“Happy Anniversary,
SheWrites.com™!”
Finding material to write about is not always easy. One route is the memoir, which is built on revealing material you know well. Or you can write about something you don’t know well but would like to learn about. I combine the two by weaving some – but not all – of my own life story with answers to the question “What’s going on with women?” I have spent most of my professional life chronicling that transformation of women’s lives at different stages, and the experience has, in turn, inspired and empowered my own. Every time over the past forty years that I posed the question “What’s going on with women?” the answers were different.
Welcome to Summer – “Seeking the
Buddha Nature in a Kayak”
A Summer Poem
By Joyce Ellen Weinstein
Seeking the Buddha Nature in a Kayak
Gliding parallel the shoreline
Nanoseconds of now
DO YOU LOVE YOUR BODY?
“Feisty Side of Fifty Radio,”
June 29, 11:00 a.m. EST
Join Us!
By Mary Eileen Williams, Host Founder of www.feistysideoffifty.com “Suzanne Braun Levine: Thoughts on Body Image” Have you been experiencing a certain trepidation about “letting it all hang out” in your summer wardrobe? Are you less than thrilled with your bottom in a bikini? If so, you are definitely not alone? The ever-bodacious author of books […]
SELF- INVENTION – The Bond Among Women of All Generations
By Suzanne Braun Levine
One thing about being an older mother is that you are constantly reminded of the truism that age doesn’t really describe the shape of a person’s life. Nor does our place on the family tree, the generation we are assigned to at birth. When my daughter was born I was 44, old enough to be her grandmother. When she went to school, I was old enough to be her teachers’ (and her friends parents’) mother. At the same time my contemporaries had long since forgotten about coping with babies and young children – they were on to the joys of grandchildren. My most meaningful cohort was other women with children my children’s age, but not my age themselves.
NY Public Library Hosts Encore
Careers Panel June 29 with
Purpose Prize Winners &
Suzanne Braun Levine
By Stefanie Weiss,
VP Communications at
Civic Ventures
Some of the most inspiring Encore stories come from Civic Ventures Purpose Prize winners and fellows, people in their 60s who are tackling society’s toughest problems.
MAKE IT FUN! Secrets from the
Rosedale Walking Group
By Karin Lippert,
Half-Marathon Walker
We all know walking is just about the most perfect exercise.
Out the door, one foot in front of the other, 30 to 50 minutes – three or more times per week and you’re on your way to feeling fit.