"I have written about luck before. It is a concept that confounds me. I wrestle with the idea of it, with the way that, good or bad, it is present in our lives."

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#countingmyblessings #lifelessons #resilience

"When we were there in the 80s, we were just two young women trying desperately to get help for, and to raise awareness of, young people who were dying of then-unknown causes."

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#aids #civilrights #lgbtqia

Don't Move!! (With Audio)

“Because you are a senior,” the young woman explained…

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#writing #hollywood #substack

“You will not make it here,” I was told. “You will want to leave, or we will have to ask you to leave… you are too young.”

The one sure way to get me to do something is to tell me that I can’t.

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#HappyNewYear #nostalgia

"Did I remember to order the bow tie? Who am I forgetting? ... Did I get stamps? How many RSVPs do we have for the Christmas party?"

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#holidayseason #decembervibes #GoodShepherdHome

"It was painfully clear that my darling device and I were approaching the last of our time together, that we would soon have to part."

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#ageless #bethbroderick #techhumor

“Her countertops overflowed with her absolute favorite Caramel Popcorn, which she lost more than one tooth crunching into.”

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#agingtaste #sweettooth #substack

“I have to do it.” I told my nephew Journey. “I have never done it, and I do not want to do it but, it’s got to be done.” …

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#onlinedating #ghosting #agewithconfidence

"I made my entrance sporting a giant rainbow boa made of some kind of synthetic fabric that weighed a ton and was hot as Hades."

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#writing #dance #arts

“It felt like an alien had straddled my cranium and was sucking up whatever good stuff might exist inside my head. The thing was the very definition of a “killjoy.””

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#GratitudeEveryday #ChronicIllness

“You shouldn’t be pretty. I mean, you are, but you shouldn’t be.”

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#writing #aging #beauty

Oddness and Ends (With Audio)

"...if you had told me 20 years ago that I would not only agree to such an excursion but suggest it, I would have told you the notion was ridiculous. And yet."

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#livingfully #embracechange

"I had a manager who suggested several times that I engage in some strategic surgical enhancements. I never did. I had seen a lot of boob jobs at the gym. Some of the young women looked pretty good, but many more looked mutilated."

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“Dad. You’ve lost eighty pounds in the last few months.”
 
“Well, old people lose weight. You’ve all got this wrong. I don’t have cancer. Period.”

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#life #aging #hospicecare

“Our ears and noses continue to grow as well. Getting older has some good things to offer. This is not one of them.”

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#agingoutloud #realtalk

“I think I’m going to go with suicide. It has got a nice ring to it,” I said.

She might have smiled, but I don’t know because she was wearing a mask.

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“Well, I don’t know if you should do thaaaaat.” John remarked with his trademark laconic drawl. “You are kind of clumsy. No offense.”

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#substack #rescuedog

“There was one such couple here this morning, and if we are going by appearances—and this is America, so we mostly do—they look fresh, confident, and sure-footed, while the rest of us appear shell-shocked and are scuffling about.”

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#whatmattersmost

“When I first knew him, he was a bon vivant, a man about town. He seemed to know everyone, and where the ladies were concerned, many of them intimately.”

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#substack #witandwisdom #friendship

"My response to that significant marker of age has been to load myself into a cannon and shoot myself into an orbit of constant activity. A touch of mania, perhaps?"

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#substack #witandwisdom #modernaging

Science is sexy…there, I said it.

#sciencematters #evidencebasedoutrage #savescience @ucsusa.bsky.social
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"I am sure that there are clinical reasons for this, and equally sure that I do not give a fig what they are."

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#busylife #la #writing

Su presencia, discreta pero luminosa, ha inspirado a generaciones que, frente a la pantalla, hallaron en ella un faro de inteligencia, elegancia y fortaleza. 3/3

TEAM
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Talent @bethabroderick
Wardrobe Stylist @joshualanclark
Makeup & Hair @facesbyfaithhhh

Como actriz, directora y voz comprometida, Broderick ha tejido con sutileza una huella profunda en la historia de la televisión. 2/3

Puede que el nombre de Beth Broderick evoque, para muchos, la imagen serena y sabia de la tía Zelda en la entrañable Sabrina, la bruja adolescente, pero su legado se extiende mucho más allá de los confines de un solo papel. 1/3

“A few more years. I have promised myself that when I am 68, I can have toast.”

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#healthylifestyle #witandwisdom #BethBroderick

“Was I lucky to have drawn the Queens? Unlucky because my tablemate drew the Aces?”

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#substack #america #witandwisdom

“He threw his hands up in the air and laughed, relieved to have an explanation.”

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#california #whenlifegivesyoulemons🍋

"It all makes me wonder how old a gal has to be to come to outgrow these silly, time-wasting thoughts."

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#hollywood #showbiz #haircut

“Wow!” she said, pointing to my head.

“That noticeable?”

Jane nodded, and I told her the whole story of my morning mishap.

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#oops #showmustgoon #badhairday