You’re so vain. I bet you think this song is about you. You’re so vain.
Changing Lanes Blog: Cross Generational Experiences
May
04
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 2)
Inspired by learning that Rahm, aka “Rahmbo” Emanuel was a ballet dancer, I wrote a piece about other macho men whom we know in our community as lawyers, doctors or Indian chiefs who have also been ballet dancers. These are lane changers who have incorporated…READ MORE »
Feb
24
Men in Tights: Real Men’s Stories about the Impact of Ballet on their Lives (Part 1)
Have you ever walked into an appointment with your pediatrician, lawyer, or builder and been surprised by the lean, muscular body that moved so authoritatively yet gracefully to greet you? You’re dying to know how he manages to look so erect and loose-limbed at the…READ MORE »
Jul
08
Passing The Torch Hand to Hand
Ballet Lessons for Real Life
Teaching has enormous appeal to Boomers as an antidote to careers that have come to feel soul-less. In Changing Lanes, I wrote about conducting an unscientific poll, asking male friends in their fifties and sixties what they might have been but for the pressure to…READ MORE »
Nov
03
Marrying in Midlife
Getting it right for the last time
When I retired in my early fifties, I never expected to remarry. I designed and built my home in the mountains thinking I would always live in it alone. I was comfortable being by myself. After all, in the previous three decades, I spent less…READ MORE »
Oct
13
What’s the meaning of community?
Give and Take.
I’ve been pondering the idea of community a lot recently. To be honest, Jane and I have been debating this topic for some time now. We’ve come at it from the notion of volunteerism. Who volunteers…and why? Do you volunteer because you are part of a…READ MORE »
Sep
15
Super conducting, super colliding, slip-sliding away
Geeks, nerds, eggheads, and other terms of endearment.
Jane and I both majored in mathematics while in college—and discovering this common link only served to further cement our friendship almost 25 years ago. While attending the University of Maryland in the early 70’s I found pride in being one of at most four…READ MORE »
Sep
08
Freedom to Choose
Political Activism, Part Deux
Anyone who read my first blog on political activism posted on February 11 knows where I stand politically. I wrote about how this year’s hotly contested campaign reawakened an innate part of my psyche that wants to make a difference in people’s lives. And since…READ MORE »
Aug
11
Did curiosity really kill the cat?
Getting to the “who, what, why, when, where and how” of life.
When I first retired, I had the idea that periodically I would select a topic and research it until I knew all I cared to know about it I had my own list, much like Jane’s “bucket list.” Here’s one example on my roster: the…READ MORE »
Jul
28
The Pain and Discomfort of Shingles
Itchy Witchy Woman
Is your frenetic lifestyle that was the price of your successful career preventing you from succeeding on your journey of self-discovery? While conducting our research for Changing Lanes, Susan and I learned that most people overlook the first essential step in the process—the need to…READ MORE »
Jul
21
What do I want to be when I grow up?
Do as I say-- not as I do (or did)
Why is it that our parenting years tend to overlap with the period of our most intense career development? Seems like some sort of cosmic joke on humanity that we have the hearts and minds of our littlest and most vulnerable members in our hands…READ MORE »
