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There’s no more countdown. It’s here, it’s now. This week it’s my 60th birthday celebration! Looking Back on My 50s As I get ready to tackle my next decade, I can’t help but think of all I’ve accomplished during the…
In honor of October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m pleased to bring you an essay written by Antoinette Truglio Martin, the author of an inspiring memoir, Hug Everyone You Know, A Year of Community, Courage, and Cancer. In 2007, when…
When I was growing up in the Bronx, NY, I loved going to the library. My mom and I would walk across Mosholu Parkway from our home. Mom would go food shopping – to go to the butcher, the…
“Are there advantages to being a single woman over 50?” I was asked this question by journalist Jackie Pilossoph, who writes the weekly “Love Essentially” column in the Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press, a suburban paper in Chicago. Jackie, who is divorced and in…
It’s Women’s History Month and March 8th is International Woman’s Day. According to Women@Forbes, economists and academics agree women entrepreneurs are an under-tapped force that can rekindle economic expansion. In fact, based on the 2012 U.S. Census, women own 36%…
I thought I’d finish off my last blog post for 2016 by honoring some of the talented speakers from the 2016 Pennsylvania Conference For Women. I’d like to share a few quotes that resonated with me from that day. Maybe they…
