THE SENIOR MANIFESTO: 31 Suggestions For A More Thoughtful Month By Jane Seskin Celebrate your half-birthday. Inhale to count of 4, hold for 4, exhale for 8. Don’t wait to be rescued. You’re already wearing your life preserver. Keep arguments under 20 minutes. List what makes you…
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By Jane Seskin My friend was dying. A slim woman with short curly gray hair. Large statement glasses. Smart, kind, generous. Eight years my senior. Stage 4 metastatic cancer spread to her bones. It was a crisp Fall Day when I received the note describing her plans. No…
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Jane Seskin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the author of 13 books. She’s written nonfiction articles and poetry online and for national magazines and journals (including 20 poems published in Cosmopolitan Magazine, 5 poems in Woman’s Day, and 18 posts in the NY Times Metropolitan Diary). She has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her latest book of poetry is “Older Wiser Shorter: The Truth and Humor of Life After 65.” Seskin’s poetry is authentic, funny, insightful, quirky, and heartfelt. A Reading Guide to the poems is also included and will inspire further reflection and discussion for book and women’s groups. Newly revised with 26 additional poems! You can purchase Jane’s new poetry book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.
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