50 Ways to Leave Your 40s

Newborn babies can do it with their eyes closed. So what's the big deal, right? Well, there's breathing, and then there's breathing! Just ask the midwife, the athlete, the asthmatic. Ask the oper...

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Now it comes to the Last Day of my Forties, and I'm gonna make it a good one: first, a long, hot bath, and then some serious shopping! Just happen to have a few Benjamins in my pocket, compliment...

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Two weeks into the new year, and if you're like me -- like most people, I'd wager -- your shiny new resolutions of a fortnight ago are already showing a bit of tarnish. Slipped up on the diet? Fe...

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Here's an article I wrote for My Family Doctor on tips to take home after your doctor visit. Enjoy!

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Well, lookee HERE ! 50 Ways to Leave Your 40s got listed as the "Deal of the Day"! Thanks, 40thbirthdaygiftsonline.com !

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Longest night of the year, and I'm tossing and turning, dipping in and out of sleep. It's not visions of sugar plums but rather snippets of to-do lists that dance in my head. And not really dance...

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We have joined the swelling ranks of midlifers doing social media networking on Facebook . Come visit our page and become a fan! Our page title is the same as the book title. See you there!

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In the category of Way #5: S-t-r-e-t-c-h---I-t---O-u-t, comes this Facebook message from an old classmate of mine: "A friend of my Mom's who is in her late 80's dropped a container of sugar pack...

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Okay, I'm actually a week late with this (Thanks, flu, and good riddance!). But as of seven days ago -- i.e. the 10th -- I'm within 3 months of The BIG FIVE-OH. Gosh, listen to me, slinging the n...

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With two birthday boys in the house this weekend, it's been an indulgent couple of days, and I expect my Weight Watchers weigh-in on Monday will confirm as much. Sigh... But why complain? My beau...

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...and I'm not talking fall foliage -- though that's always a sight for sore eyes, too. No, I'm referring to the painted skies over Albuquerque during this city's signature event: BALLOON FIES...

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As I launch the CHANGING MOON journaling group tomorrow (Sat., 1/10, 5-7 p.m., at The UPS Store at Central & Yale SE in Albuquerque), the focus of my talk will be CREATION MYTH. Bring your journa...

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You know what this Saturday is? It's 2009's first Full Moon. And it's the official start of StudioFiftyForty's premier journaling series: CHANGING MOON. I've been running all over the Duke City...

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Hiya. Sheila here. If you're like me, you embrace the notion of New Year's resolutions. Indeed, you embrace the resolutions themselves --- often the same ones, year after year --- until about Feb...

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Sheila's on the radio again namely, "Memos from Life" with host Barbara Bue Monday, Oct. 27th, from 6 to 7 p.m. on KRFC 88.9 FM or online at krfcfm.org. Tune in if you get the chance.

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Oh-eight, oh-eight, oh-eight. I heard the Chinese chose this particular date -- or lobbied hard for the Olympics in '08 so's they could choose this date -- because 8 is the most auspicious of dig...

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excerpt from The SouthWest Sage, the Voice of SouthWest Writers How a Couple of ‘Accidental Coauthors’ Let the Muses In Tuesday, August 19, 7 to 9 p.m. Establishing a plan for the article ...

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Sheila is interviewed by Women's Watch host Carolyn Firestone on WBZ out of Boston. Click here to listen.

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On the way back from Crested Butte, I stopped for the night in Gunnison, Colorado. Little motel on the edge of town, one of the few not filled up by the softball tournament that had packed the ar...

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Here are some pics from the reading and signing event at Blue Moon Books in Crested Butte last Saturday. It was a nice, intimate gathering. This is the sandwich board out front. Can you make out ...

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There is still plenty of snow on the ground, but water is pouring off the mountains everywhere you look. Spring is just beginning here. These little sprouts become plants with huge leaves...

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Last year and the year before, Sheila and I came up to this idyllic spot in the Colorado Rockies for writing retreats. This year, book finished, I'm here solo, in my u sual role as camp doc. I dr...

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Last Sunday, the 1st of June, 2008, I officially left my own 40s behind. Happy My Birthday to you! I have to admit, in spite of coauthoring a whole book on the subject, I had some trepidation a...

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Our last stop on our Southwest Book Tour. Back home in Albuquerque! We were graciously hosted by Bookworks on Rio Grande. On the white board in the foyer. Love that "no angst allowed"! The ...

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