Published Essays in Anthologies

"Breaking Up is Hard to Do" (PDF), Older Lifespan Vol. 11, published by Pure Slush - a member of the Bequem Publishing collective, 2024
"The Presence of Absence," Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving, Loss and Healing,
      edited by Amy Newmark, 2022, pp. 94-97
"Second Adolescence," 10 Habits of Highly Optimistic People, edited by David Mezzapelle, Viva Editions, 2015, p. 223
"They Opened My Chute," Contagious Optimism, edited by David Mezzapelle, Viva Editions, 2013, p. 338

Published Essays in Journals and Online

11/13/23   Zooming In, Missing Out    (NextAvenue.com)
09/01/23   RIP Chef Boyardee    (HalfwayDownTheStairs.net)
02/07/23   Grow through the Narrow Spots    (MinervaRising.com)

12/01/21   I Love My Son Wildly    (Penumbra Online.com)
06/01/21   Getting Sick of Staying Well (Toho Journal, print edition: Vol 3, Issue 1)    (tohopub.com)

12/16/20   Snapshots of Holiday Memories    (NextAvenue.com)
12/15/20   The Mourning Fog    (PersimmonTree.com)
07/16/20   One Size Does Not Fit All [In Parentheses 6, no. 1 (2020). 52-53.]    (inparentheses.art)
06/01/20   The Wedding (Toho Journal, print edition: Vol 2, Issue 1)    (tohopub.com)
01/27/20   Change: a lifelong companion    (CleverMag.com)

09/23/19   Transitions of Trailblazers (Part 4): Setting the Stage for Sustained Social Change    (Philanthropy Journal News - NCSU)
08/05/19   Creating a New Life as a Widow    (NextAvenue.com)
07/29/19   Transitions of Trailblazers (Part 3): Looking Back to Move Forward    (Philanthropy Journal News - NCSU)
07/01/19   Transitions of Trailblazers (Part 2): From Inception to Separation    (Philanthropy Journal News - NCSU)
04/15/19   Almost Human    (CleverMag.com)

12/19/18   Don't Tell Hubby    (PersimmonTree.com)
09/11/18   Answering a Wake-Up Call to Start Writing    (NextAvenue.com)
05/12/18   Unmanageable Me    (Post Card Poems & Prose)
05/01/18   Jell-O's Big Comeback: Better Than Chicken Soup?    (BetterAfter50.com)
05/01/18   Ritual of Renewal    (Eckleburg)
04/15/18   The Tree and Me    (The Sunlight Press)
01/16/18   Using My Kids as Tech Support    (BetterAfter50.com)
01/01/18   You May Feel Lonely, but You're Not Alone    (NextAvenue.com)

10/17/17   Suddenly, Shockingly Phoneless    (HuffingtonPost.com)
09/28/17   Sweet Lady and Me (p. 21)    (Perspectives Magazine)
07/27/17   How My First Office Changed My Life    (BetterAfter50.com)
05/03/17   My Role as Grandma: Doing My Own Thing (and Leaving The Grandkids Alone)    (NextAvenue.com)
03/09/17   I've Got a Bad Case of Being "Stuck"    (BetterAfter50.com)
01/09/17   Clutter Brings Clarity    (InkDrift Magazine)

12/18/16   The Giving Season    (HuffingtonPost.com)
11/28/16   How Old Am I?    (Mothers Always Write)
10/27/16   What 'Breaking News' Really Means in Today's World    (HuffingtonPost.com)
09/20/16   Knock On Wood: Why We Are Superstitious    (BetterAfter50.com)
09/16/16   Soft Fascination    (HuffingtonPost.com)
07/05/16   Wishful Thinking    (HuffingtonPost.com)
05/16/16   Welcome to Switzerland    (MothersAlwaysWrite.com)
05/10/16   Am I Retired?    (NextAvenue.com)
04/05/16   25 Signs You're Not So Cool   (BetterAfter50.com)
03/03/16   Widowed And Learning To Figure Stuff Out Myself   (BetterAfter50.com)
02/23/16   Bragging Rights   (LivingBetter50.com)
01/22/16   Relationships: Renew, Recycle, Repurpose   (ChangesInLife.com)

12/31/15   Why I Don't Want to be Married Again   (BetterAfter50.com) "Best of 2015" issue
12/23/15   Important New Rules For 2016 (if only)   (BetterAfter50.com)
11/18/15   Is Today Tuesday? The Calendar-Free Retirement Life    (NextAve.org; also published on Forbes.com)
11/15/15   Do You NEED That? Resisting Advertising Attacks    (BetterAfter50.com)
10/09/15   How Am I Feeling? Don't Ask!    (BetterAfter50.com)
10/09/15   Come Back Soon    (LivingBetter50.com)
09/24/15   The Thrill Is Gone    (Airplane Reading)
05/12/15   Who Took The Fun Out Of Eating?    (BetterAfter50.com)
03/10/15   If I Ruled The World...(hysterical)    (BetterAfter50.com)

12/20/14   I'm Way Past Cute    (LivingBetter50.com)
12/08/14   Why 70 Is Not the New 60    (NextAvenue.org)
10/14/14   Routine Isn't Good for My Creativity    (BetterAfter50.com)
10/01/14   My Geographically Challenged Family    (BetterAfter50.com)
08/07/14   I'm Kissing A Lot Of Frogs    (BetterAfter50.com)