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September 24, 2026
Gloria Steinem and I Learned to Raise Ourselves
By Lisa McCarty In her posthumous memoir An Unexpected Life, which hit shelves Tuesday, Gloria Steinem talks about the difficult experience of being the sole caretaker to her mother, Ruth, starting at age ten. As a young girl, Steinem did the grocery shopping and prepared meals alone. “She couldn’t always take care of herself. It…
September 17, 2026
What I Learned When I Started Golfing
By Holland Sweet I have done some stupid things in my life. But recently I’ve begun to wonder if taking up golf at sixty might be the stupidest of all. How it All Started (Blame My Friend Nancy) My father tried to introduce me to golf when I was a teenager. This is the same…
September 10, 2026
How I Tried to Make New Friends in Midlife
By Laura BarcellaI know that seeking out community is important. I just don’t want to. I’ve never been much of a joiner. I’m an introvert who prefers hanging out with Netflix and my cats. But I’ve always been deeply sustained by close friendships, and growing up, I had a lot of them. Now, in mid-life,…