How I went from naked and embarrassed to confident and courageous (at a spa). If you’ve been listening to my podcast for a while, you may think that I have tackled the self-doubt monster. Yes, I have tackled it, but I can still be found rolling around in the dust…
Happy knows happy at 50. Just because your hair is thinning, your son is flunking out of college and you can’t seem to muster the courage to take your mother’s car keys away, you could still be happy. Yes, really. It does seem that with age the sweet get sweeter…
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,…
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…
I want you to meet my new best friend! Okay, I love this book AND I love Juju. I first met Juju Hook over the summer and we fell into a very long phone conversation talking about the “brand” of the middle-aged woman. Pretty bleak, no? Juju and I are both midlife…
Originally published in Northern Express BY MARY KEYES ROGERS | OCT. 14, 2017 Sexual harassment in the workplace gets our attention when it’s national news. But it happens everywhere. Even Up North. How well does our community stand up to harassment and criminal sexual conduct in the workplace? For any woman who…
This column originally appeared in Northern Express on August 19, 2017. There are days like this when I feel like the grouchy old man on his front porch in boxer shorts, fist in the air, veins bulging at the temples, screaming at the neighborhood kids, “This country is going to…