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  • The Hourglass Solution

    March 31, 2009

    • We tend to feel good (don't we?)when we read a book describing a societal pattern that we already know about, but it's nice anyway to have company to confirm our experience. If, for example, you're reading the just published "The Hourglass Solution: A Boomer's Guide to the Rest of Your Life," you can't change being a baby boomer between the ages of (gasp!)50 or at the boomer's tail end, ...
  • Pushing Forward Back

    November 22, 2008

    • Crossing the fifty-thousand word mark last night felt bittersweet. Sort of feels like getting a birthday gift early, and with no fanfare. Just that I couldn't help myself. I woke up yesterday thinking I'd get another thousand words in, but there was something magic in the air. The words flew. The scenes fell in place, and before I knew it I was typing my end.  Actually, when I typed those two ...