Ageless Possibilities
Ageless Possibilities
A blog for older women.
 

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Women rowing north…exploring our collective journey as older women.

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Honouring Our Privilege
An Old Lady On An Island
An Old Lady On An Island

Island living begins when the ferry leaves the dock. The rhythm of the waves soothes my soul…

Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope

When we plant seeds of hope, much like planting a garden, there are no promises that anything will grow…

This Is Happiness
This Is Happiness

Who knew so many books had been written with happiness - or happy - in the title?

I Have Closed That Chapter
I Have Closed That Chapter

I’m not in that world anymore…I have closed that chapter, and I want to move on…

Parenting As A Verb
Parenting As A Verb

“Our parents never thought about parenting as a verb,” commented one of the women…

A Sunday Morning Rant - and Giveaway!
A Sunday Morning Rant - and Giveaway!

And so, I thought I would share some quotes I saved this week and offer you a giveaway and a chance to win a book!

Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures

The term guilty pleasure first appeared in The New York Times in 1860 to describe a brothel…

Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings and Endings

I don’t like endings, though I suppose I’m like most people in that. An ending can be staring you right in the face without your knowing about it…

Healing Words
Healing Words

There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner…

Women Rowing North: Writing Our Life Stories

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Welcome! I appreciate you taking the time to see if this blog is the right fit for you! I have launched this blog to explore our collective journey as women ‘of a certain age’…

Welcome! I appreciate you taking the time to see if this blog is the right fit for you! I have launched this blog to explore our collective journey as women ‘of a certain age’…

I am an information junkie and I would love to share with you some of the many books, blogs and resources that have become part of my journey in exploring ageless possibilities…

I am an information junkie and I would love to share with you some of the many books, blogs and resources that have become part of my journey in exploring ageless possibilities…

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View fullsize Planning spring life story workshops! We head home in 8-days after six weeks of travelling through Vietnam and Bali, and I am finally ready to turn my thoughts back to writing and workshops. So today, I am taking a break from exploring and curling
View fullsize New blog post: HONOURING OUR PRIVILEGE Halfway through my travels and I had time this week to ponder a subject I have been thinking about - privilege. You might think privilege is on my mind because I am travelling through countries where many peo
View fullsize New blog post: AN OLD LADY ON AN ISLAND There is something special about living on an island. I see it in the faces of strangers when I mention we live on an island. They look at us with astonishment, surprise and occasionally, envy. They ask a hund
View fullsize All my bags are packed - almost! Interesting observation today as I pulled out summer clothes for our 6-week trip to Vietnam and Bali. As you can see, while I wear muted clothes for day-to-day activities, my dresses tend to be more colourful. Mmm&he
View fullsize Look what just arrived in the mail! I look forward to curling up with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, the third anthology from The Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies. This book is a collection of 53 life stories from the guided Au
View fullsize SEEDS OF HOPE “Today I woke up old and awful in every way. I simultaneously cannot bear the news and cannot turn it off: It’s cobra hypnosis — Gaza, Israel, the shootings in Maine. The world is as dark as a scarab. My body hurt qui
View fullsize New blog post: THIS IS HAPPINESS Browsing through Instagram, I saw a photo posted by @sophieblackall - beautifully wrapped packages tied up with string. I flipped to the next photo - the book This Is Happiness by Niall Williams. In her post, Sophie
View fullsize “Years do odd things to identity.” — Ursula K. Le Guin This week, a blog post about moving on to a new chapter. In past blogs I have written about pausing on the threshold of a new stage of life. I have researched how our personali
View fullsize NEW BLOG POST: PARENTING AS A VERB “A baby cries in the night, and you go to pick him up…What were you going to do, take a book off a shelf and read what some expert has to say? You lay your hand against his skin and just rub his back. B