You Only Hurt the One You Love
Usually, Wondercrone’s thoughts are centered on the lives of older women, but today I want to share my thoughts on something that impacts...
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Jennifer Butz
Jun 42 min read
Strength, Confidence, and Sunscreen
Here in the northern hemisphere, days are lengthening and warming up. Time to stand at the water’s edge and wiggle your toes in the sand....
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Jennifer Butz
May 282 min read
The Gateau of Ages
I haven’t lived in the United States for several decades, so I consume its news with the perspective of someone half in and half out of...
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Jennifer Butz
May 222 min read
Funemployment
I have a friend who is easing into retirement. Recently she told me with a slight laugh of unease that she is in funemployment. This is a...
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Jennifer Butz
May 182 min read
This Shit is Getting Old
Crone? Isn’t that a haggard old lady? Why would you want to identify with something so old and unattractive? I hear this frequently and...
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Jennifer Butz
May 82 min read
Razzle Dazzle ‘Em
Social isolation, we’re told, is the new smoking. The health risks associated with isolation include both physical and mental dimensions...
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Jennifer Butz
Apr 182 min read
Love Your Mother
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the first Earth Day, and what do we have to show for it? There is little to prove that we in...
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Jennifer Butz
Apr 182 min read
Liminal Living and the Art of a Self-Defined Life
Liminal: Intermediate between two states, conditions, or regions; transitional or indeterminate. This word is stalking me. It’s in news...
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Jennifer Butz
Apr 102 min read
Labels lead
Society has given me so many labels that I feel like I’m wearing a Formula One jumpsuit. Instead of sponsors contributing substantial...
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Jennifer Butz
Apr 12 min read
The Cloak of Invisibility
One Christmas early on in his exploits, Harry Potter received the Cloak of Invisibility from Headmaster Dumbledore. Harry and his friends...
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Jennifer Butz
Mar 272 min read
Real eyes realize real lies
The worldwide web’s algorithms have cottoned onto the fact that I am an older person. Now, instead of acne creams and fast fashion for...
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Jennifer Butz
Mar 272 min read
Juicy Aging
We are at the Equinox already – Spring for those in the North, Autumn for those in the South. This the point of global balance, with...
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Jennifer Butz
Mar 272 min read
I call Bullshit!
What is up with a culture that spends billions on living longer and then shames those who live longer because they are no longer young or...
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Jennifer Butz
Mar 143 min read
Why, yes, I'm older
I’m always a little surprised when an event that I’m talking or thinking about is 20, 30, even 40 years in the past. I don’t need those...
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