Happy Tuesday!
Nobody told Mary Pickford what she couldn't do. Nobody told Colonel Sanders he was too old. And nobody gets to tell you either. This week — a mindset that changes everything, the woman who helped build Hollywood differently, and a place in Michigan where the night sky stops you in your tracks.
That's a 50+ life!
Mindset coach Marlene Caraballo on why your vibrancy and desire for growth don't wane with age — they evolve. With proof: Colonel Sanders, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and a 91-year-old marathoner who just got started.
Your greatest decade may still be ahead.
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith — the founders of United Artists, 1919.
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She started as Gladys Smith from Toronto. She ended up co-founding United Artists with Charlie Chaplin and rewriting the rules of Hollywood. Debbie Sklar on the woman who didn't just rise within the system — she helped build it.
Meet the original power player.
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If this week got you thinking about wonder and wide-open spaces:
Why Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula Is One of the Best Dark Sky Destinations in the US
Snowshoeing at midnight, chasing the northern lights, and capturing the Milky Way — Julie Suman on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, a dark-sky destination unlike any other in the lower 48. This one belongs on your summer bucket list.
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