MY GRACE IS GONE; ONE MORE DRINK AND I’LL MOVE ON
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, MARCH 22, 2024 I love Dave Matthews who wrote these lyrics to his titular song, and, after visiting a friend with...
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- Mar 25
- 4 min
BOOKS: THE POWER TO ENCHANT
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Reading, by its very nature, is a charming experience. Who hasn’t been carried off to a distant...
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- Mar 25
- 4 min
DO YOU HAVE THE POWER OF THE WINTER WOMAN?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, JANUARY 30, 2024 As a gentle but constant snow falls, the pure clean white provides contrast to pearl, slate,...
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- Jan 11
- 4 min
RESOLUTION, REVOLUTION AND RESISTANCE, TAKEN FROM DYLAN THOMAS AND APPROVED BY ME
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, JANUARY 07, 2024 I tossed my walker over the cliff the other day (figuratively); I was raising my angry fist at my...
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- Dec 21, 2023
- 3 min
HALLMARK HOLIDAYS FOR THE REST OF US
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, DECEMBER 19, 2023 When my daughter walks in the door, Christmas walks in with her. Like Fezziwig in Charles...
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- Dec 21, 2023
- 4 min
NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY: EMBRACING THE DARKER MONTHS
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, NOVEMBER 14, 2023 As the leaves fall, the trees become bare, and a few apples hang stubbornly on my apple tree;...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
YES, I AM A WITCH – AND SO ARE YOU!
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, OCTOBER 28, 2023 MINDSET Once upon a time, Wise women were revered. They lived in thatched cottages deep within...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
WEIRD BARBIE AND MY ORANGE CORDUROY PANTS
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, OCTOBER 16, 2023 MINDSET “I can’t believe you’re wearing orange pants!” My daughters’ eyes were wide in mock...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
THE AUTUMN QUEEN, A FABLE
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023 MINDSET The vermilions, salmon and raspberry shades of spring give way to the greens of...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
CAN WE FIND UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR EX?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 FAMILY For a brief moment, I heard the universe vibrate when I thought a man was a God; I had...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
HOW MUCH THERAPY DO I REALLY NEED?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, JULY 26, 2023 MINDSET I reached my 60th birthday having lost quite a bit of emotional and psychological baggage...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
FRAGILE IS ONLY A FEELING
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, JUNE 03, 2023 MINDSET Driving over 14 hours with my estranged ex-husband, I remembered I know how to thrive....
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
MY MOTHER, MYSELF: GRACE CAN BE FOUND
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, MAY 11, 2023 FAMILY My neighbor, Heidi, recently told me, “I’ve forgiven my mother, but I won’t go to her...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
I AM HERE – A HORSE, A DATE AND FINDING MY CENTER
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, APRIL 23, 2023 MINDSET Recently, I fell off the wagon – the dating wagon – when I went on the most centered...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
MY RADIATION FACE AND THOUGHTS ON BEAUTY ADVICE
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, MARCH 28, 2023 MAKEUP AND FASHION As I age, I note that beauty advice is more of a conversation among friends,...
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- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
WHAT DO MY SONS, FORGIVENESS AND A GOAT HAVE IN COMMON?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, MARCH 12, 2023 FAMILY I was the only person in line at Barnes and Noble on a rainy Friday. The girl at the...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
THAT’S ME IN THE CORNER, LOSING MY RELIGION
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE FEBRUARY 26, 2023 MINDSET When it comes to spirituality, I’m all over the map. Early childhood in Catholicism,...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
CAN WE FIND WIDE OPEN LOVE?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE, FEBRUARY 08, 2023 MINDSET My mother’s words of romance advice were, “Make sure they love you more than you love...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 4 min
TO DATE OR NOT TO DATE, IS THAT REALLY THE QUESTION?
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE JANUARY 27, 2023 I have been divorced for 15 years and in that time period I have had three two-year...
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marangionem
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
EMBRACING A DIFFERENT KIND OF BAD-ASS AGING
BY MAGGIE MARANGIONE JANUARY 18, 2023 I got old too soon. I know what you are thinking, don’t we all. But I really did, or at least I...
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