A Friends Birthday…and a 28 year friendship

By Barbara Coleman
Sep-23-2015
Posts From Your Hosts: Barbara Coleman & Lee Aldrich
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Today isn’t just your Birthday, it’s my friends birthday, and as I lay in bed thinking about the card I didn’t send, the drink I won’t buy, the cake that will not be baked and the words I have swirling around in my head and was afraid I would not get a chance to say my feet lead me straight away to my keyboard. It’s been 28 years (I know this because I had to pull up an old resume to verify it) and I […]

Tags: A Friend's Birthday, Birthday, friendship, I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger

On Turning 60 Without Fear!

By Barbara Coleman
Sep-4-2015
Posts From Your Hosts: Barbara Coleman & Lee Aldrich
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You know that uncomfortable feeling of impending doom, right? In 256 days I’ll be 60 years old, and the number 60 sounds like it could have all the earmarks of PBS (Pre Birthday Syndrome). You know what I’m talking about. Since I’ve never turned 60 before I don’t know what to expect, it just the ring of one of those landmark birthdays that could signal depression, a period of “what have I done with my life”, examine my own mortality, or in the […]

Tags: aging, Birthday depression, Birthdays, fear of aging, Getting Old, positive attitudes, turning 60

Saying Goodbye to My Old Friend and Making Wishes Come True

By Lee Aldrich
Aug-31-2015
Posts From Your Hosts: Barbara Coleman & Lee Aldrich
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It’s after 1am and I can’t sleep. Not because the lightening and distant thunder are keep me awake but because in the next several days I’ll be saying goodbye to my old friend who has been in my life for 15 1/2 years. We’ve been everywhere together since 2000. She’s seen our 3 kids grow up, been on many vacations with us, witnessed me cry tears of joy, sadness and frustration. I hate saying goodbye and I’m emotional just thinking […]

Tags: chevrolet, chevy suburban, goodbye to an old friend, make a wish, making wishes come true, wheels for wishes

The Doctor’s Diet | Week 1 Join the Discussion!

This month I’m reading “The Doctor’s Diet” by Dr. Travis Stork. Each Monday in February I’ll post 3 questions I am pondering as a result of what I’ve read. Most likely you can read some of the thoughts I have while reading this book and have an opinion or answer to some of my questions. I hope you’ll Join the Discussion! February 3 Question 1: Do you use food to fuel your entire system as efficiently as possible, or […]

Tags: Book Club, diet, Dr. Travis Stork, The Doctors Diet

Women Food and God | Week 1 – Join the Discussion!

The second of my book choices for middleSage’s February Book Club reading is “Women Food and God” by Geneen Roth. Each Monday in February I’ll post questions to get the discussion started and answer those questions right along with YOU! One, two, three….GO…… February 3: Prologue – Part One: Principles Question 1: Geneen Roth states that she’s realized “that our relationship to food is an exact microcosm of of our relationship to life itself.” That she “turned to food for […]

The Cuckoo’s Calling | Week 1- Join the Discussion!

One of the two books I’m reading this month for middleSage’s Book Club is “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith – the pseudo name for J.K. Rowling. Each Monday in February I’ll post questions to get the discussion started. I’ll answer those questions right along with YOU! So to quote Jackie Gleason…..”and away we GO…..!” February 3: Prologue – Part 2, Chapter 8 Question 1 – What made you want to read “The Cuckoo’s Calling?” My Take: This was such a […]

Tags: Book Club, middlesage, Robert Galbrath (J.K. Rowling), The Cuckoo's Calling

Six Pillars of Self-Esteem | Week 1 Join the Discussion!

By Barbara Coleman
Feb-3-2014
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem | Discussion
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I’m reading “Six Pillars of Self-Esteem” by Nathaniel Brandon in February. I’ve always thought of my own self-esteem as fleeting, something I had to conjure up when needed. I am surprised when I have it and, after beginning this book, surprised at the things I do, decisions I make when it apparently escapes me. I’m really interested in your thoughts as I (we) make our way through this book. I hope you’ll Join the Discussion! February 3 Question 1: As […]

Tags: Book Club, Nathaniel Branden, self esteem, Six Pillars of Self Esteem

March’s Books

Lee and I would like you to be part of our middleSage Book Club and join our discussion! Since this is an on-line book club, there are no set meetings to attend….you can read and participate on your own time line and schedule. You can even do it in your underwear 🙂 Take a look at what we’re reading in March! Join us and share what we’re reading and join the discussion! Don’t forget to follow middleSage! Give a glance […]

Tags: Anne Lamott, Book Club, Dr. Karyl McBride, Laine Moriarty, Stitches, The Husbands Secret, Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Caption This! January 29, 2014

It’s Wordless Wednesday! What do you think this Woman reaching her 100th birthday would tell you as she lights her cigarette with a birthday candle? C’mon, Caption This!

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The Cuckoo’s Calling Book Club | Join the Discussion

I’m a J. K Rowling fan. Her writing seems to flow effortlessly, she’s a master of metaphore, and her use of folklore, myth and legend make her phenomenal story-teller which had me hooked from the get go. When I heard that “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith was Rowling’s pseudonym, I wanted to read it. Rowling’s ability to develop characters that are richly three-dimensional, set in stories where even the unbelievable can be believed, in settings that are so full […]