{Update from Debbie} Sorry about the radio silence from our end. We haven’t forgotten about you! 2021 has been a strange year. Endless in some ways. Timeless in others. Uncertain throughout. Sam and I both turned 70 this year, which seems like a milestone. (We are not renaming the blog.) I’ve been intrigued by, and a […]
{Update from Andy Franklin} Today’s post is written by Debbie’s cousin Andy Franklin, a longtime and loyal reader of this blog. By Andy Franklin During the Presidential primary season we heard talk about a Green New Deal that was generally associated with the “extreme left” of the Democratic party. The Green New Deal is a […]
{Update from Debbie} While you wait for the votes to be counted, listen to this short post-election podcast interview with my Dad. Those of you who know Frank Weil will really enjoy this one. And those of you who don’t… well, we can all aspire to being this engaged at age 90. Instructions for listening […]
In the newest episode of my Gap Year For Grown-Ups podcast, I bring Sam back on the show to talk about end-of-life and how that relates to the topic of reinvention. Click here to listen. We talk about the inevitability of being forced to reinvent yourself in the last stage of your life when you […]
Hello and Happy New Year, dear reader. And wishing you all the best in the year ahead. I scribbled this list of intentions and plans for 2020 randomly on a yellow pad. Then looked again and realized they fell out into categories. Health If you don’t have your health in this beyond midlife stage, then […]
My new podcast, Gap Year For Grown-Ups, is ready for prime-time! I invite you to listen and to subscribe via iTunes (or your favorite podcast app). It’s a podcast for those who believe you can take a timeout to reinvent your life, to explore, to find meaning and purpose – and yes, happiness! – especially […]
Sam and I have a new expression: forest bathing. We use it daily as a signal for calm and clarity. “Where are you going?” I’ll ask as he steps out the door. “To take a forest bath,” Sam replies. We learned the term from our daughter Eliza but it’s Japanese, a translation of shinrin-yoku. Shinrin […]
2018 has been a busy year, marked by the publication of Sam’s book and his unofficial speaking tour. For my part, I created, produced and directed a women’s storytelling event at the Stonington Opera House that has turned out to be a big hit. It’s called Island Women Speak and features seven or eight local […]
Sam and I fly to France tonight to make a second pilgrimage back to the boarding school I went to half a century ago. But it’s more than a trip down memory lane. This time, I am aiming to make sense of the extraordinary history of the French village of Le Chambon-Sur-Lignon, especially as it […]
Yesterday I had one of those déja vu all over again moments. That’s a joke, of course. But there’s a good bit of truth to it when you’re over sixty-five and have a lot of memories AND you’ve specifically recalled certain of the most special memories over and over. Let me illustrate: 1973: Sam and […]
