A Day Filled With Love, Connections and New Traditions
I started my day on Saturday, October 1st in my favorite Chester County barn, Life’s Patina at Willowbrook Farm. It was here that my friend had decided to have her eldest daughter’s wedding shower brunch. What a perfect setting to celebrate Meghan who loves horses and all things rustic. I first met Meghan in 1998 when […]
Collections and Reflections
Collection: the action or process of collecting someone or something Reflection: serious thought or consideration On Friday night I attended Celeste Walker’s one-woman show at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Celeste is an actor, college educator and a subject of one of my interviews in the Beyond Sixty Project. Of course, she is much more than my […]
Labor Day 2016
It’s that time of year again. The unofficial end of summer. Yellow school bus sightings, a nip in the air at night and that one leaf you find in your tree with a hint of color. Oh, and the official kick-off of football season. At our house it is also a time of celebration to toast […]
Aging Gracefully
Now that I am older this subject comes up regularly. If you hang out with women my age you will hear, “Oh, she’s growing old gracefully.” Or, “I plan on growing old gracefully.” Then that compliment someone gives me on occasion, “you are aging well.” What the heck does it mean? I looked up the definition […]
Bad News From the Institute for Women’s Policy Research
New data shows the gender wage gap is widening. Census data shows that in 2015 the ratio of women’s to men’s median weekly full-time earnings was 81.1%, a decrease of 1.4% since 2014. This is the largest downward turn in 12 years. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 does not seem to be addressing the issue and just […]
Last Week
What a week it was! Hillary Clinton, age 68, made history in our country as she accepted the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. Clinton said, “Standing here as my mother’s daughter and my daughter’s mother, I’m so happy this day has come. Happy for grandmothers and little girls and everyone in between. Happy for boys and […]
Inspiration
Inspiration is defined as “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.” Throughout my lifetime, I have been inspired by people and their stories. At a very young age, I was inspired by Peter Pan. He could fly, and he made me believe I could fly too. I […]
Retirement
Leaving corporate America for a second act career in filmmaking