Random Thoughts

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50 Thoughts on Turning 50

• 50 Thoughts, 50 Books, 50 Years
• There Aren’t Really any Do-Overs
• Pop Culture is Circling the Drain
• Perimenopause in the Age of Trump
• Take a Knee at the Altar of Common Sense
• Perspective is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
• The Accidental Editor
• The Last of the Firsts
• All Kinds of Tired
• Overthinking is Anxiety’s Bitch Best Friend
• Where Would You Go with a Wayback Machine?
• Fall in My Favorite Chicago
• On Having it All Come Together or Fall Apart
• Where Were You When
• 5 Things to Purge When You Turn 50
• A Salute to Bad Bosses Everywhere
• Do You Validate?
• Identity Crisis Code Purple
• Character Really Does Count
• Death Before Public Speaking
• 15 Things You Should Do Before Turning 50
• My Feet Are My Favorite Part of Me
• Salvation Really Can Be Found in the Pages of a Self-Help Book
• Going for Gratitude
• My Past Self Meets My Future Self
• The Book is Always Better
• Three Cheers for Volunteers
• You Can Pry My Social Network from My Cold, Dead Hands
• 50 People I’d Rather Get a Text From than Trump
• I’ll Take My Joy Where I Can find It
• Humor Is My Sixth Sense
• Anger Comes Second
• Hypocrisy, Much?
• Girl Power
• The Kids Are All Right
• Embrace Your Subversive: Read a Banned Book
• An Open Letter to Congress
• The Importance of Guilty Pleasures
• On Stories Never Told
• Thank You, Judge Kavanaugh
• With a Little Help from My Friends
• Life Doesn’t Flash in Front of Your Eyes
• It’s the Little Things in Love
• Simplify, Simplify
• Ready or Not
• The Best Part So Far
• Let It Go
• The Books That Stuck Around
• What’s Next

Don’t Take My Parenting Advice

• Letter to a New Mom
• On Kim Kardashian and Female Empowerment
• Camel Toe and Common Sense
• Read a Real Book at Bedtime
• 5 Don’ts For Raising Great Readers
• Living with Regret: a Bad Mom’s Credo
• Teens, Texting and Texting While Sexing. Eww.
• Words of Advice for Parents of Kids with Social Language Problems
• 9 Things to Never Say to a Teen
• 16 Lessons for My 16-Year-Old Daughter
• I’m THAT Kid’s Mom
• Rape, Regret and Responsibility
• What I Told My Son when He Went to College
• What I Told My Daughter When She Went to College
• Special Needs Parenting: Leaving the Nest and the Long Exhale

Book Crap That Isn’t a Book Review

• Can a First Grader Join a Book Club?
• 5 Ways to Read More
• Good Books for Bad Moms
• The Not-So-Subtle Art of the Online Author Review
• National Book Lovers Day: 9 Reasons I Love Books
• Are You Young Enough to Read YA books?
• 7 Reasons to Celebrate Banned Books Week
• Banned Books Week: Don’t Be a Donald
• Yes You Can Abandon a Book
• Banning Books is Bad and Let Me Tell You Why
• In Defense of Bad Books
• We Need Diversity in Books Just Because

Etc.

• Hearing Aids Before 50. Ugh.
• Books that Define the Decade You’re In
• Once Upon a Time I Was a Reporter
• 5 Things I Know After 45 Years
• Trump won. I adopted a dog.
• This Dog is Not for Sale
• Choose Your Own Adventure
• 7 Things I Learned 7 Days Before Christmas
• On the Occasion of a 100th Birthday and a Funeral
• But What if There Were Second Chances?
• Eulogy for My Inner Night Owl