Lea Lane's Blog

Lea Lane

Location: Florida, USA
Birthday: August 26

Title: freelance writer/editor

Bio: “I’ve discovered the secret of life,” Kay Thompson, the eccentric entertainer and “Eloise” author, once said. “A lot of hard work, a lot of sense of humor, a lot of joy and a lot of tra-la-la!” And that's been my life: As a travel writer for over 30 years, I've been around the block (more like around the world), and I write true stories about interesting people and places. I've lived an unconventional life in conventional trappings. Been a corporate VP, worked with foster kids, acted in an Indie ("Nurse 1"), was on Jeopardy!. I've been managing editor of a travel publication, written for the Times, and authored books. OS is my home, but I also blog on The Huffington Post, and I've contributed (mostly anonymously) to everything from encyclopedias to guidebooks. Married young, divorced late; married late, widowed early, I dated lots in-between -- and survived a scary illness. After being happily, peacefully solo for many years, I'm now happily married again. I founded and still edit www.sololady.com, a lifestyle Website for single women. I'm truly grateful for each precious day, each well-earned wrinkle, my family, my cat. Truth, laughter, friendship, late love. And this blog -- on this wonderful site!

MY RECENT POSTS

A Valentine to Older Love & Romance
February 08, 2012 01:18PM
My Legendary Doppelgänger
February 12, 2012 03:29PM
Returning to Israel, 40 Years Later (Photos)
January 27, 2012 06:23PM
On a Sister Ship of the Costa Concordia -- A Year Ago
January 16, 2012 03:50PM
360-degree Views: Storms & Reflections
January 09, 2012 03:29PM

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Lea Lane's Links

LINKS: -MY SON'S MEMOIR, THE ZEROES, Now in Paperback; -CLICK HERE TO AID FAMINE VICTIMS IN SOMOLIA; -MY WEBSITE FOR SOLO WOMEN
Favorite THINGS posts: -A-Z Travel Tips; -My Last Meals; -Poem:This Golden Moment; -Scars; -Eating Blind; -I'm a Mad Men Gal; -The Anniversary I'll Never Forget; -My Son Lost His Shirt and Found The Zeroes!; -10 Books in a Blink; -How Unrelated Symptoms Saved My Life; -Yeats/Torture; -Is Empathy a Pejorative?; -Media Vultures on Death Watch; -Has America Jumped the Shark?; -Why I Stay Here; -A White-Knuckle Landing; -15 ways to Cut Back; -Birth & Death: The Circle of Life; -Fear of Flying & My Near Misses; -Waiting for the Blood Test; -When a Post Goes Viral; -25 Things About Me; -I Don't Celebrate Christmas; -A Scary Dream; -Racing at 150 mph!; -Quarantined on Thanksgiving; -Musings, 3 am; -Remembering Racism; -Problems with August; -Losing a Dream, Losing a House
Favorite FUN posts: -Why My Cat Sits Joins Us at Dinner; -Five Ways to Keep Mad Men; -The Weirdest Meat I Ever Ate; -"Independents" Day!; -Real Lessons from The Real Housewives; -Another Husband for a Minute; -Joan Walsh, Where are You?; -Monkey Business!; -10 Unexpected Bonuses from Health Reform; -About My Bidet; -What Happened in Vegas?; -No Sex & 9 Other Ways to Spring Ahead; -To Suzy: It's Over; -Valentine Poem for Sweetie; -Why Bill Maher is Angry; -iPuke? iPeek?; -The Embarrassing Things in My Purse; -Resolutions I Will NOT Make; -Ode to My Tweezers; -Ode to a Groundhog; -My Reality TV Addiction; -I Got Published in the New Yorker; -Broccoli Obama; -101 Words: He Never Calls, He Never Writes; -I'm Not Who You Think I Am
Favorite PEOPLE posts: -The Reality of Ramona; -Happy First Anniversary, Love; -Messages from the Donald; -The Bellman With Tourettes; -Elvis Trivia; -The Woman Who Slept with Rohairmoo; -Chelsea Clinton & Moi; -What Fay Vincent Told Me about Steinbrenner; -Why I Didn't Love Daddy; -A Play Connects to Famous People I've Known; -Remembering Rue McClanahan; -My Son Just Married Me!; -Rick Died & I Was There for Him; -For Nathan, Who Was only Two; -Unexpected Lovers at Passover; -Six Degrees of Separation; -Porn King, Coke Prez, Murderer; -My 2000 NYT Interview; -My Man in Rio; -You Caught Me, I'm in Love; -Dumped By Answering Machine; -My Best Friend Ended Her Life at 37; -to lea at 17; -Phyllis Schlafly Drooled on Me; -Best in Show? Not This Lover; -The Man Who Met Einstein; -The Sahalis: Symbol of a Decade?; -To My Sister, On a Big Birthday; -My Birthday/Blogiversary; -Mad Men: When My Bosses Were My Lovers; -Julia (and Other Famed Chefs); -A Nice Jewish Girl Named for a Racetrack; -A Conehead at the Fair: A Summer Tale; -Anne Frank Would Have Been 80; -Did I Really Just Tell You That?; -Becoming Invisible; -Elizabeth Edwards, Joan Rivers: Two Moms; -My Surprising Talk With a Naked Actor; -Why I'm Alone; -Kate Winslet and Other (Drama) Queens; -My Valentine Lover, 2006; -My Life in 100 Words; -One Snowy Dud, One Sexy Stud; -My Gender Bender, Victor-Victoria Cruise; -How I Wound Up in Claus Von Bulow's Apartment; -To Odetta; -My Late-in-Life Love; -An Ugly Duckling OS Tale; -To My Neighbor Hillary; -OJ: You're Finally Juiced; -On Being Single; -Wisdom from a Hooker; -The Seeing-Eye man; -Two Weddings and a Funeral; -Ted Kennedy's Brave Fight, and My Husband's; -Dinner with Hill and Bill; -The Abuser
Favorite PLACES posts: -Four-Part Antarctica Series; -Keukenhof garden, Amsterdam; -Belgian Spring; -Mugged in Stockholm; -A Life Along I-95; -A Magic Invite to Firenze; -On New Zealand's Milford sound; -Honeymoon Blip on the Black Sea; -Eat, Pray, Scratch in Bali; -Americana: Mohonk Then & Now; -Scary Journey on the Norwegian Ferry; -The World's Most Colorful Neighborhood; -The Magical Slot Canyon; -The Other Ground Zero; -India Life Lessons; -Wild Dogs in Romania; -Flutterbies in the Amazon, & Leo; -Blue Lights in Barcelona; -Crossing the Atlantic; -Two Faraway Thanksgivings, & What I Learned; -Sabrina's Walk of Remembrance in NYC; -South Beach: Hot & Cool; -Watching Greenland Melt; -Carnaval in Colombia; -Alone on a Cliff; -An Irish Ramble; -Dramatic Polar Photos; -Argentina: Penguins, Penguins, Penguins!; -New York's High Line

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Oedipus on this Mothers Day: My Son Just Married Me!

MAY 9, 2010 9:16AM EDT

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Why I'm Alone

MARCH 23, 2009 3:44PM EDT

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Why I Stay Here

NOVEMBER 15, 2009 10:03AM EST

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My Best Friend Ended Her Life at 37

MARCH 2, 2010 7:28AM EST

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Why I'm Still On OS

AUGUST 28, 2010 7:37AM EDT

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The Anniversary I’ll Never Forget

JULY 16, 2010 8:40AM EDT

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Becoming Invisible

MAY 21, 2009 11:38AM EDT

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Has America Finally Jumped the Shark?

FEBRUARY 8, 2010 8:51AM EST

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OK, You Caught Me. I've Fallen in Love

OCTOBER 30, 2009 8:19AM EDT

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My Husband Suffered the Same Brain Cancer as Ted Kennedy

AUGUST 26, 2009 8:08AM EDT

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Did I Really Just Tell You That?

JUNE 5, 2009 2:30PM EDT

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The Kind Bellman Who Yelled "F..k You Turd Face!"

NOVEMBER 4, 2010 9:30AM EDT

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Anne Frank Would Have Been 80 - UPDATE, Hate Shooting

JUNE 9, 2009 12:51AM EDT

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The Abuser

MARCH 12, 2009 8:42AM EDT

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Rick Died As He Wanted To: And I Was There

APRIL 25, 2010 8:08PM EDT

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The Inner Journey I Had to Take: Two Weeks Alone on a Cliff

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 8:56AM EDT

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Why I’m -- No Longer -- Alone

MAY 17, 2010 9:58AM EDT

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The Salahis: Symbol of a Decade? with UPDATE

NOVEMBER 30, 2009 7:55AM EST

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25 Resolutions I ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT Make

DECEMBER 30, 2009 10:47AM EST

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Six Months: Waiting for the Results

APRIL 1, 2009 9:09AM EDT

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On MLK’s Birthday: Reflecting on Racism Now, Racism Then

JANUARY 15, 2010 9:32AM EST

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The Media Vultures on Death Watch

MARCH 18, 2009 11:00AM EDT

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My Valentine Lover, 2006

FEBRUARY 13, 2009 10:43PM EST

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Since When is Empathy a Pejorative?

MAY 6, 2009 2:39PM EDT

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"The Worst May Be Behind Us." 15 + Ways to Cut Back Anyway

AUGUST 7, 2009 1:07PM EDT

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