Are we growing or aging in our 50s? Am I growing? Certainly. When we were younger, we focused on the next achievement, and the next, and the next. That doesn’t seem as important to me now at 55. Or maybe the types of achievements have changed from the more obvious…
Originally published in Northern Express BY MARY KEYES ROGERS | NOV. 17, 2018 When it came to my attention that my deadline for this column would coincide with the midterm elections, I figured my rage or joy would fuel my words. Hardly. Election day came, and then it went. Meh. Some wins,…
So, I have this little addiction to podcasting. You may drink too much, shop too much, or gamble too much. I podcast. It could be worse, I know. If I could choose my addiction, it would be shopping because the day after a shopping binge I could take everything back…
From across a four-lane thoroughfare, I witnessed something. It was Labor Day weekend and I now find myself feeling ashamed by how I responded; or rather, how I failed to fully respond. Maybe. I think that when you and I hear stories of bystanders failing to help a stranger in…
A SHEW OF ILLUMINATION originally published in Northern Express BY MARY KEYES ROGERS | MAY 19, 2018 For anyone with an overactive love for snow, they can still find a dirty pile of winter stubbornly refusing to melt. But there is reason to believe that this seemingly never-ending season is in fact…
Something surprising happened when I took on the challenge to write my opinion column on gun control. Originally published in Northern Express Something surprising Mary Keyes Rogers Full disclosure: I have never touched a gun. I am terrified of guns. My only interaction with guns has been my emotional response…
Welcome to Experience 50. When did Americans decide that incarceration was acceptable housing for the seriously mentally ill? Have you noticed that in midlife you’ve become less tolerant of things that fundamentally make no sense? I, for one, am so frustrated by government and institutional policies that ignore the experiences…