Sex And Older Women Used To Be

Adolescents Are Like Cockroaches: They Come Out The Minute You Leave Town, Crawl The Walls, Feed Indiscriminately, Reproduce Alarmingly Unless Drugged, And Will Certainly Outlast You.

As We Reach Midlife In The Middle Thirties Or Early Forties, We Are Not Prepared For The Idea That Time Can Run Out On Us, Or For The Startling Truth That If We Don't Hurry To Pursue Our Own Definition Of A Meaningful Existence, Life Can Become A Repetition Of Trivial Maintenance Duties.

Journalism Today Is Obviously In A Major Transition. Going To Journalism School, Learning How To Write, Working Your Way Up In A Little Paper In Decatur, Georgia And Then Moving To Atlanta And Then Maybe To New York: It's Just Over. You Have To Have A Whole Other Set Of Skills Now. You Have To Be A Videographer, You Have To Do Social Media. You Can't Do A Long, Thoughtful, Insightful Piece If You Don't Have The Time To Do Reporting, Particularly Reporting Around Somebody Who Doesn't Want To Be Known Or An Issue That Doesn't Want To Reveal Itself.

Changes Are Not Only Possible And Predictable, But To Deny Them Is To Be An Accomplice To One's Own Unnecessary Vegetation.

Growth Demands A Temporary Surrender Of Security.