This series about women over 50 who blog is growing and growing. I’m delighted to say we are onto Part 4 today, with parts 5 and 6 in the pipeline. It’s wonderful to be introducing you to, or perhaps re-familiarising you, with creative and inspiring bloggers over the age of 50. If you’d like to be included in the series, please let me know in the comments section, and I’ll do my best to include your blog in a future post.
Women Over 50 who blog
To read the first 3 posts in this series click on the following links.
Blogs By Women Over 50 – Part 1
Inspiring Blogs by women – Part 2
Lifestyle Blogs for women over 50 – Part 3
Blogs for women over 50 – Part 5
Michele Morin – Living Our Days
I began blogging around the same time that my nest began emptying. I write about the books I am reading and the grace I am receiving at Living Our Days, a name derived from a much-loved Annie Dillard quote: “The way we live our days will be, after all, the way we live our lives.”
I am a Bible teacher, reader, writer, and gardener and have been married to an unreasonably patient husband for nearly 30 years.
Together we have two married sons, two teen sons, two daughters-in-love, and two adorable grandchildren.
I lament biblical illiteracy, find joy in sitting around a table surrounded by women with open Bibles, and advocate for the prudent use of “little minutes.”
Any or all of this life experience eventually finds its way into my writing.
Aside from the accountability that blogging provides, one of my most treasured blessings of the writing life has been the opportunity to collaborate with other sites around the great wide world of blogging to share Truth and to encourage readers in the following life.
Here’s a link to a recent post that seemed to speak hope into readers’ lives: Following the trail to hope.
Suzanne Vickery – Global Housesitters
When I first started blogging, it started off like this: There was this lovely DELETE On a sunny day we DELETE.
This carried on for months, I was my own worst critic of my ability to string words to together. For myself this writing lark does not come easy, it takes a considerable amount of deleting before I achieved a paragraph or two.
Then I thought of all the hobbies I have embraced over my lifetime, I never got those entirely correct first time around either. Should blogging be any different? With that thought, I started to relax about my ability to write.
Nonetheless, those hobbies had not changed my life or brought me as much satisfaction as blogging. In almost too many ways to count, it has changed me and the way I express myself creativity via writing. Still very much a work in process.
I have been rewarded for my efforts, with regular interactions from other bloggers as well as the 3rd placing for Best Newcomer Blogger, a nomination for Most Informative Blogger. Unfortunately, we have not been able to attend the Bloggers Bash that is held yearly in London. Hopefully, next year, in 2019. Great motivation to keep blogging and to improve my writing.
It has been intellectually invigorating to gain new friendships in another community of other like-minded people who blog. This community travels along with us no matter where we are in the world. Even more pleasing is that we have met a few blogger friends in person.
The main reason why I started blogging was to document our travels and especially our ongoing life as full-time housesitters. In between travel, musings on life, I write about the animals and communities in which we are fortunate enough to housesit in.
There are many reasons why blogging is tremendous, too numerous to write in this short interview. The best recommendations are still found in the personal realisation that blogging changes you, the blogger.
To connect up with me and learn more about our life as full-time housesitters I would love to hear from you.
Here’s a recent post I hope you’ll enjoy: Housesitting by the Chichester Harbour
Sue Loncaric from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
I’m Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond and I live in Brisbane, Australia.
I started my blog 3 years ago as a means of connecting with other Women Over 50. I had retired early and found that after working full time for many years and with a family who had flown the nest, I had too much time on my hands. I had lost my purpose and my identity.
My passion is to encourage and inspire other Women Over 50 to embrace this wonderful phase of life by living with an Ageless Attitude.My blog is all about living a healthy and happy lifestyle and providing ideas and ways for other women to achieve the life they want now.Midlife is our time and I love to share my thoughts and motivate others to make the most of each day.
Blogging is all about connection with readers and the blogging community, who are so supportive. I’m constantly learning from them and I’ve made some very special friendships along the way.
I will never be the ‘next best thing’ in blogging but I love my blog and when someone is inspired by my posts, well that just makes my day.
Patricia Doyle – Retirement Transition
When I retired back in July 2014 from a 30+ year corporate career with one company, I had no idea what I was going to do. The timing was a few years earlier than planned, as a highly attractive, early retirement package was offered. I had work-focused life style with no mind-space for hobbies. I didn’t even have an exercise program. The only thing that was planned OK for my retirement was the finances. What about “life”?
The days after the retirement moment became a journey of transition. I needed to learn how to live, not work. Part of the transition was (re)discovering who I wanted to be when I grow up and what I wanted to do. I am a planner, a list-lover, and have the ability to create frameworks. I uncovered a desire to write and a realization that I liked to advise/teach others. This all merged into creation of my Retirement Transition blog where I try and focus on the “how to” of retirement transition.
I continue to blog because I connected with others on similar transition journey … from full-time career to what comes next. I am inspired by others in learning how to life like fully at midlife and beyond. And hope my own insights can help someone else on their journey.
Here’s a recent post I hope you’ll enjoy : My Favorite Self Discovery Tools
Janet Mary Cobb at Janet Mary Cobb
Janet blogs at Janet Mary Cobb
Janet Mary Cobb’s website tagline reads ‘find peace | be content | joy someone’ – reflecting my aspiration to live up to my Chinese name 安 欣 怡 (peace, joy, contentment) which was given to me when I was a missionary in my 20s.
I focus on living holistically, fighting for justice and against racism and inequality, and challenging the status quo.I blog to share my thoughts – hoping my ideas, experiences, and questions encourage other women to find their voice, live contently, challenge the status quo, and go about doing good. I read others’ blogs to challenge my own ideas.
Previous blogging efforts gave way to work and life, and I had no idea how to connect with readers! I dove head first into blogging again in April when I learned about the AtoZ Challenge. I wrote every day, building a little community of other women writing about life – and I was hooked!I’ve never wavered in my efforts to become an author.
When my career imploded in 2015, I self-published my memoir, monetized every skill I could think of, and now create time and space to focus on writing. Blogging gives me practice in honing my voice and sharpening my skills – while engaging with a great community!
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Great list Johanna! You introduced us to some wonderful bloggers I hadn’t known yet. I’m close to publishing my Part 2 of women over fifty who blog. Let’s keep sharing these amazing women with the world! Hugs to you.
Hi Patti, oh that’s awesome. Will pop over and take a look. Thank you x
Thank you for recognizing some of the many voices out there sharing good words and wisdom!
Thanks Amanda, yes there are some good words and lots of wisdom 🙂
I’ve just discovered your blog through Michele Morin. What a delight to find so many women over 50 blogging. I am nearly 66 and began blogging close to 5 years ago. I would love to be included in your series. 🙂 I’m going to have to take some time to come back and read over your series to learn more about these lovely ladies. Blessings to you!
I love this!! I didn’t know about any of these women and their blogs, so I’m excited to get to know them! Happy to have found you as well. Would love for you to include me in a future post. I’m Brenda Coffee and my site is 1010ParkPlace.com Thanks so much! #MLSTL
Thank you for introducing us to a group of women who are becoming a mighty force in the blogging world. I would love to be included in the future.
Johanna, I enjoyed being included in your posts and have found some great new ladies and blogs to read.
That’s awesome Victoria 🙂
A great series Johanna, I’ll certainly be following & would love to contribute too I have a similar series featuring ‘amazing over 50’s’ & didn’t know if it would take off but I have so many amazing over 50’s to contribute its lovely we over 50’s rock!!
Hi Samantha, thank you and would love to have you contribute 🙂
So many great blogs! Thanks for gathering them into one place. #MLSTL
Hey Christie, and thank you!
Love this! I would like to have my blog included in the next Women Over 50 Who Blog:
Many blessings to you ❤️
Hello Beth, thank you. That would be lovely, I’ll email you 🙂
Hi Beth, thank you. I’ll be in touch via email.
Another fabulous collection of women to get to know over on their blogs. Thanks Jo.
Thanks for popping by and reading Jill 🙂 Glad you’re enjoying this series 🙂
A great list of some great ladies here!
Thanks Cherie 🙂
So many great bloggers Jo!!I know lost of these people already, I will respond to your email once things settle down I promise. #mlstl
Hi Debbie, thank you, and yes, no pressure 🙂
Loving this series – thanks so much, Jo!
Thanks Christine, and glad you are enjoying 🙂
Jo – there are so many fantastic Midlife women who blog aren’t there? Thanks for sharing these lovely ladies and for encouraging us all by grouping us into a cohesive bundle (maybe not the best description?) I’m wondering if you have any more up your sleeve or are you finally reaching the end? I’ve loved reading about each and every one who you’ve included.
Hi Leanne, thank you. So glad that you are enjoying this series, and yes there are still more wonderful women bloggers to feature. I have at least another two parts coming up 🙂
Thank you for introducing me to such interesting women! I really enjoy this series because I’ve had a hard time finding women my age who are blogging. I’m off to do some reading!
Hello Jean, so glad that you are finding new like-minded women bloggers to follow 🙂
It’s been so fabulous to meet these other women through your series!!
Thanks so much for this!!
XOXO
Jodie
Hello Jodie, it’s lovely that you are enjoying this series. Thank you.
LOVE this series. It always introduces me to new midlife bloggers 🙂
Hello Molly, glad you are enjoying reading about midlife bloggers 🙂 Great to have you along for the ride!
What a gift to be part of this series!
And thank you for the introduction to so many talented writers and thinkers.
Thank you Michele, and it’s lovely having you onboard 🙂
It’s wonderful to learn about the many talented women over 50 who blog, like me. We are all so different yet we have this one really cool thing in common!
That’s so true Candi!
Thanks for including me in this series — I appreciate being listed with so many great blogging women. I’ll share on my social media feeds for sure!
Thank you Janet and thanks for contributing too!
Thanks for including me Jo. I’ve posted this on my SM as well. I did for versions one and two I think as well. 🙂
Hi Pat, thanks so much – that’s really really appreciated 🙂 And thank you for contributing! These posts are very well received, so I hope you get some new readers to your blog too 🙂
Jo, thanks for asking me to contribute to your series on Woman over 50 who blog. Looks like I am in great company!
Thanks for your contribution Suzanne – people are loving these posts!