Articles by Elise Krentzel
Dancing Queens Unite: The Magical London Experience Every Woman Over 50 Deserves
November 29, 2025 Hobbies Decades after first hearing ABBA, I discovered a London experience that felt like a reunion with every version of myself. Travel evolves as we age, but the desire for joy never does. In fact, it becomes more urgent. We’ve lived enough life to understand what truly sustains us – connection, memory, laughter, freedom, and those rare moments that remind us we are still wonderfully, vibrantly alive.
The Secrets We Carry: Rediscovering Wonder at London’s Temple Church
When The Da Vinci Code exploded across bookshops two decades ago, I read it in one breathless weekend. I wasn’t chasing conspiracies; I was chasing the feeling that life itself hides clues – that symbols and geometry are the universe’s handwriting. Now in my 60s, I travel not to collect sights but to collect sensations.
My Exploration of London: The Serpentine Galleries, North and South
Continuing in my London travel series, I’d like to introduce you to the Serpentine Galleries (now officially called Serpentine South and Serpentine North) located inside London’s gorgeous Hyde Park and extending to Kensington Gardens. On this visit in mid-October, I saw both exhibits, North and South. Serpentine South Gallery sits just south of the Serpentine Lake (on the Kensington Gardens side, near the bridge).
The Secret Geometry of London: My Visit to the Museum of Freemasonry
I am a lone traveler and have been my entire life. When the opportunity arose to return to London after a hiatus of two decades (way too long), I jumped on it. The main reason for going was to attend the world premiere of The Hunger Games stage adaptation – I’m a longtime fan of both the books and the films. But as the show wasn’t until later in the week, toward the tail end of my eight-day trip, I started where I always do in a new city: with its museums and galleries.
Exhibit 999: We get the government we deserve:
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Cape Cod – Seafood, Sand, and More Seafood! | Sixty and Me
August 20, 2024 Travel One of the best vacation spots I’ve been to in recent years is most certainly Cape Cod, known as “the Cape” to regional travelers and those who live there all year round. In case you’ve never been or heard about it, the Cape is a 68-mile stretch of sandy beaches in the shape of a scorpion’s tail that is part of Massachusetts’ mainland. From Plymouth, MA, home of the Mayflower and Plymouth Rock, it’s about an hour and 15 minutes to the Cape’s first of many quaint villages.
Trying Out Spa Therapy for Mind, Body and Soul
Before I even get into this article, I’d like to share with all the readers that I am a New Yorker who has lived in five different countries for 30 years. I now reside in Austin, Texas, and have called it home for 13 years. None of my stories or features involve politics, religion, or ideology. I write about life and culture and share experiences I believe women our age will appreciate.
Aloneness Is Not Loneliness
A common misconception amongst people, especially those of us approaching the last third of our lives, is that aloneness equals loneliness. Well, I’m here to debunk this tale; to set it to restful peace. There have been numerous periods, starting in my 20s (after wasband number one), when I lived alone for 10 years. The second time was after wasband number two. There was a four-year gap between that relationship and the last of the wasbands, number three.
Why Many Don't Even Try Legacy Writing and Why It's Worth It
Imagine yourself at a casual social gathering, where you find the courage to share a life event that deeply affected you. This simple act becomes an icebreaker, and soon, you’re bombarded with comments like, “You should write a book!” or “Your story needs to be heard.” These reactions, though flattering, hint at a more profound truth that has the power to touch lives. But do you? Do you truly grasp the value of your story, its impact on others, and the value it can leave behind?
The Fallacy of AI Replacing Your Job
AI, at this moment in time, February 2024, cannot replace your strengths. Stop being fooled by doomsayers and alarmists who fear the worst, promote tragic outcomes, and all sorts of claptrap to hook you into doubting yourself. Does using a keyboard make you a conversationalist? Can a keyboard understand interpersonal nuance? The answer is a resounding no. The same is true for using tools like Bing or ChatGPT. They are inanimate tools with no brain of their own. They are not Generative AI.
A Tailored Getaway for Single Women 60+ in Mineral Wells, TX
Are you a single woman aged 60 and over seeking a solo retreat that caters to your unique spirit of adventure? Look no further than Mineral Wells, TX – a hidden gem offering a perfect overnight escape designed just for ladies like us. This quaint lil’ Texas town is a mere one-hour drive west of Ft. Worth. It’s easy to embrace the tranquility and explore the charm of this enchanting journey to celebrate independence and self-discovery. My adventure began as I drove into town.
What is a Transformational Shepard?
Welcome to a journey of self-discovery and transformation. You are at a fork in the road at this stage of your life. Unable to determine if fear is holding you back from taking a leap of faith to make the changes you so desperately wish for or if blind devotion to your work, which no longer gives you energy, enthusiasm, or pleasure, leaves you at a standstill, you find yourself at a crossroads. I’ve been there.
How To Market a Band
I’d like to discuss how to successfully market an unknown or up-and-coming music band in this case study. You’ve heard of Elvis Costello, right? His first band was called Elvis Costello and the Attractions. The image below is from my archives. It was taken in 1979 in Japan on the Ginza. So, let’s time-travel back to 1979 in the way back machine. I owned and operated a talent and booking agency in Tokyo, Japan. My nose was then and is still an asset.
Case Study: Launching an Online Writing Course
I published my memoir about a year and a half ago, after decades of yearning, hoping, starting, stopping, whining, and putting pen to paper in business writing, feature articles, poetry, and short story form. In simpler words, there are many types of writing besides memoir form that I focused on. Over the years, I collected over 75 essays and short-form stories. Covid arrived in 2020, and that was my way in.
Case Study: Launching a Jewelry Line
I’m sharing with you stories about how I successfully launched various small and medium-sized businesses. Some were first-time startups, and others were transitioning or leveling up. One of my former companies was named Setup since setting up, no matter the economic stage of development. is my forte.
Something to Ponder
A Jewish Boycott A short time ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim World to boycott anything. and everything that originates with the Jewish people. In response, Meyer M. Treinkman, a pharmacist, out of the kindness of his heart, offered to assist them in their boycott as follows: "Any Muslim who has Syphilis must not be cured by Salvarsan discovered by a Jew, Dr. Ehrlich.
The ATX TV Festival – A Great Reason to Travel | Sixty and Me
Austin, Texas. What do you associate this deep in the heart of Texas city with? It’s a destination people think of as bachelor or bachelorette parties, the ubiquitous SXSW Film, Music and Tech festival, ACL – the live music event spread over two weekends and various conferences. Of course, those of us over 60 visit Austin to see our children and grandchildren, many of whom relocated here from across the country during the pandemic and before for the booming tech industry.
Why Processing Your Past Ensures You Leave It Behind
Do you find it difficult to throw out items that no longer serve you? Are you hanging on to old photographs or articles of clothing? I hung on to court case divorce documents, which piled three feet – yes, three feet worth – in my closet for 12 years. Just last week, I finally dumped them where they belong, in the dumpster. I don’t know why I kept them. Maybe I was hoping to find a pathway to redeem my wasband.
How Global Travel Set Me Free and Made Me More Intelligent
Although my teen years were amongst the most treacherous in my life, a few events molded me positively into the lifelong seeker I am today. When I was 16, I had the grand opportunity to go on a teen tour to nine countries in Europe with a group of kids aged 16-20. We were alone with the only supervision provided by our unknown Dutch tour leader, whom we met upon landing in Amsterdam. It’s hard to imagine what you are missing if you haven’t traveled to a foreign country.
Writing Your Memoir and Why it Matters – Part 2 | Sixty and Me
This article is the follow-up to the last blog, where I discussed why writing your memoir matters. We touched upon the importance of identifying themes. Here we will examine and explore what happens after you’ve outlined your book themes. That will enable you to plot a patchwork story. Think about memoir writing in the same way as writing a novel. The difference is that your account happened to you.
Writing Your Memoir and Why It Matters
Have you ever thought about journaling or writing down the most intimate events of your life? Events that caused a cathartic shift in your perception and thought process, or ones that scared the living daylights out of you or left an indelible mark? If you have, consider hunkering down to begin a process you will not regret. Although it is an option, you don’t need to publish a book to record your life, whether good, bad, or ugly. Anyone can self-publish their story.
How I Raised a Free-Spirited Boy Who Loves and Respects Women
Has anyone had the experience of giving birth over 40? Perhaps conflict and turbulence were an accepted part of your marriage or life without a partner and pregnancy? For sure, it was part of mine. Before I even gave birth, I was unconsciously molding dissent and doubt in my baby’s neural network. I had many concerns about child rearing, not about giving birth at 44, as my wasband’s values and upbringing were 180 degrees antithetical to mine.
Redefining Love - Without a Partner - and Why You Don’t Need One
Have you devoted years, if not decades, to therapeutic services in the search for the answer to how to love and forgive yourself and your ex-partner(s)? The self-help gurus, coaches, and TikTokers offer up many exercises that work to a limited degree by creating an awareness of the emotions we still need to process.
Escaping Relationship Toxicity Unscathed and Healed
As a child (and into adulthood), I experienced abuse: sexual, physical, verbal, and emotional. Both my parents were narcissists, one more severe than the other: my mother was an alcoholic, and my father had a sex addiction. As a result, I was highly insecure and had low self-esteem and shame. I felt alienated, betrayed by those I trusted the most, and came to doubt every feeling of my own. Later on, my three wasbands replicated the unsavory parts of one or both of my parents in life.
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