WELCOME TO OUR LATEST EDITION

“Time is a great healer but a poor beautician.” — Lucille

S. Harper

I thank you, sincerely, for spending a few moments among these pages and for trusting us with your most precious, nonrenewable resource — time.

In this issue, we, the women of the Keys Weekly, who range in age from 22 to 67, explore the pitfalls and positives of time as it pursues us through youth, adulthood, middle age and our golden years.

No one has managed to outrun time, despite centuries of attempts. Ponce de Leon sought the Fountain of Youth. Indiana Jones nearly died for the Ark of the Covenant. And Hollywood celebs are inflating their lips and freezing their faces in a futile attempt to stop the aging process.

But we at the Keys Weekly refuse to try to turn back time, and instead embrace the insights and experience it offers.

In the last issue, we highlighted three impressive women younger than 30. In these pages, we embrace the theme of “Midlife Reimagined,” and we glean important life lessons from local ladies in their 50s, 60s and 70s.

Also in this issue, Erin Stover Sickmen explores the emerging understanding of menopause, while also tackling the truth about travel indulgences as a mature adult.

Charlotte Twine explores the physical and mental benefits of accepting the inevitabilities of aging, while Kirby Myers revisits recurring fashion trends.

Amy Patton contemplates the confidence required to dine alone in today’s day, at any age. Master sommelier and Keys Weekly columnist Liz Schweitzer leads us into the world of wine, while Annie Briening introduces the zesty world of Tajin, a Mexican spice blend that adds perfect zest to any recipe. Stephanie Mitchell, this magazine’s creative director, also compiled a temptingly timeless playlist for this issue.

Thank you, again, for spending your precious time with this issue of Keys Woman.

— Mandy Miles

“Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can’t buy more hours. Scientists can’t invent new minutes. And you can’t save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you’ve wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.” —

Denis Waitley