A Starting Over at 60 Blog This past week, the renowned medical journal, The Lancet, issued an apology. Specifically, the journal admitted a bias and ignorance toward women’s medical issues. In this case, they admitted they had gotten a diagnosis wrong. They had misnamed and mischaracterized a female condition known as PCOS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.Continue reading “Long Overdue: An Apology”
Category Archives: Surviving Facts
The 2026 Met Gala and Other Lies About the American Dream
A Surviving Facts Blog This past Monday, the Met held its annual fundraiser gala. It’s a spectacle, a parade of stars and influencers with elaborate and artsy haute couture. This year’s theme was “Fashion As Art.” Outfits ranged from simple Channel elegance to symbolic statement- making constructions. Beyoncé, a co-chair who had not attended inContinue reading “The 2026 Met Gala and Other Lies About the American Dream”
It’s May and… May I Ask a Favor?
My book— cover above— will be coming out late fall 2026. My publisher and I are in final edits, as well as beginning tor raise awareness. I rarely ask for favors— my last was around the winter holidays— but I have a favor to ask today. Will you please visit my site to reserve aContinue reading “It’s May and… May I Ask a Favor?”
The Trad Wife: Is It Driving the End of Marriage?
A Surviving Facts Blog The other day, I was running errands and ended up stopping in a posh cafe in a posh New Jersey town. I wasn’t eating lunch; rather, I had dropped in to purchase the cafe’s homemade pastries: an almond croissant for one daughter, a chocolate croissant for the other, some goodies forContinue reading “The Trad Wife: Is It Driving the End of Marriage?”
Spinning: Helping Autistic Girls Become Women, Part 2
A Raising Autism Blog The Italian tour over, we were back to “regular” life. I was still working at this time, though I’d lose my job just a month and a half later, an event compounded because I was in the midst of my daughter’s challenges. I remember one particularly bad day. I always workedContinue reading “Spinning: Helping Autistic Girls Become Women, Part 2”
Not So Crazy Talk
A Surviving Facts Blog We are living an upside down, inside out reality. Ten years ago, QANON was in full force, pushing out conspiracy theories like a Texas trad wife bearing offspring. Remember Pizzagate claiming Hillary Clinton was running a child pornography ring out of the basement of a Maryland pizza restaurant with no basement?Continue reading “Not So Crazy Talk”
Exciting Announcement!
Two years ago, I was called into an early morning meeting. At the age of 60, my corporate career was suddenly over. It was a tough time, and I needed guidance. None was available. So I wrote it myself. My new book, You’re Always 39: How to recover from late career job loss and reinventContinue reading “Exciting Announcement!”
Hags, Witches and Grams: Images of Aging Women in Popular Culture
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 “
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”
Walk the Moon 