Excerpt from You’re Always 39: How to manage and recover from late career job loss and reinvent yourself, my book coming out in October 2026! Around ten years ago, I was in a video meeting focused on fixing an issue with a struggling product. Customer sales and satisfaction had plummeted, affecting the company’s core business.Continue reading “Hags, Witches and Grams: Images of Aging Women in Popular Culture “
Category Archives: Starting Over at 60
Cornhole and the Olympics?
An I-have-no-idea-what-series-this belongs-to Blog Curling has been rocked by scandal. While I haven’t figured it out yet, or even read anything about it, the breaking news story is that the Swedes have accused the Canadians of cheating by tapping the granite rock with a finger as it passes the “hog line,” the line over whichContinue reading “Cornhole and the Olympics?”
Dogs and MAGA Dissonance
A Surviving Facts Blog A friend recently gave my dogs their now favorite toy: an Orange-meister squeaker toy. I had no idea the joy I would have watching them rip the doll apart. Now, my MAGA friends may want to declare me horribly disrespectful, misguided and vile. To this I say, “do what you must.”Continue reading “Dogs and MAGA Dissonance”
Bob’s Your Uncle
Into the Wilderness: Story 61 The scenario. You’re eating Cheerios with oat milk, stepping snow-logged boots onto your commuter bus or simply sitting at your desk with a nice cold foam brew when it happens. A memory laden with rage or despair roils out of your synapses and your lungs clench in a breathless remembrance.Continue reading “Bob’s Your Uncle”
The Ghosts of Christmas
Into the Wilderness: Story 60 Christmas Past My father sits in an avocado-green velvet chair, a large Waterford glass with bourbon on the rocks in his hand. In the kitchen, my mother rushes from the oven to the fridge and to the marble confectioner’s table she uses as a kitchen island. She is finishing ChristmasContinue reading “The Ghosts of Christmas”
“You’re Always 39,” excerpt from my book coming out in 2026
Starting Over at 60 blog I was blindfolded and being led out of my own house. Flanked on either side by two people, I didn’t know what was going on. I could feel my heart beat faster. My breathing sped up, too. I heard shuffling all around me. Suddenly, a loud “woooo” sounded from… whatContinue reading ““You’re Always 39,” excerpt from my book coming out in 2026”
Please, And Thank You
We are entering the holiday season when gratitude, gatherings and gifting carry us to year’s end. I rarely ask for favors or gifts, but I am boldly asking for one now. If you have not done so, will you please, dear readers, directly subscribe to this blog? It’s simple to do. Just go to walk-the-moon.comContinue reading “Please, And Thank You”
Do I dare?
A Starting Over at Sixty Blog When living the corporate life, certain superficial things become important. A professional female executive has to dress right, style her hair a certain way and manicure her nails. I’m not talking about Cardi B nails. I’m referring to neatly trimmed, and almond-, round- or slightly squared-shaped gel polished nails.Continue reading “Do I dare?”
My Dogs Are Teaching Me to Fight the Patriarchy
A Starting Over at 60 blog My starting over has stalled. Stalled, stuck, stopped, stuffed. At least it feels that way. Truth is: I’ve been busy. I’m still packing up and unpacking, getting settled and getting used to less space. In typical mom fashion, I’m helping my husband and daughters organize and center. I comeContinue reading “My Dogs Are Teaching Me to Fight the Patriarchy”
Starting over isn’t easy
A Starting Over at 60 blog When I decided to create a new life at the young age of 60, I set up a number of parameters for myself. My goal has been to catapult myself out of a 30-year period of comfort and stability. To be clear, these years were punctuated by plenty ofContinue reading “Starting over isn’t easy”
Walk the Moon 