The Shorter Runway
Michele LashleyReal talk about the art of midlife, from reinventing ourselves (yet again) to figuring out what we actually want now that we're old enough not to give a damn about how crazy our dreams might sound to anyone else.
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Hello there, friends!
Hope you’re doing well during these dog days of summer.
Here in North Carolina, it’s more like the “Burning Gates of Hell” days of summer. But who’s complaining? (ME!!! I’m complaining!!!)
I wanted to let you...
Finding Simple Joy in Midlife Proves to be a Bit Squirrely
My Great-Aunt Beulah
When I was a kid, I used to see my Great-Aunt Beulah watching the birds that came to the feeder on her front porch.
I remember she kept a well-worn bird book beside her chair, using it to identify any little feat...
I'm 60?? How in the HELL did THAT happen?
Me. Through many, many decades.
It was late in the evening on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
Earlier in the day, I had spent a good part of the afternoon in 90+ degree heat and 1000% humidity installing a bird feeder with a camera on my deck....
A Time to Transition
My Ollie.
That morning, the look in his weak, yet still brilliant green eyes gave me the answer I had been struggling to find for weeks.
He was tired. So very, very tired.
And it was time.
Time to stop all of the many medications he...
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