In Season Weekly is written for Black women 50-plus, but anyone who enjoys thoughtful personal essays, honest reflection, and lived perspective is welcome here. If you have lived long enough to know life does not move in a straight line, you may find something familiar in these pages.

Anita Rechell is the writer and creator of In Season Weekly. Her background includes years of working behind the scenes in talk radio and television, shaping conversations in Washington, DC, Chicago, and Los Angeles. That experience sharpened her ear for what people say, what they avoid, and what comes out anyway.

You will find personal essays, reflections, and lifestyle pieces about life transitions, health and wellness, relationships, style and beauty, money and finances, faith and spirituality, travel and adventure, culture and identity, and humor in everyday life.

In Season Weekly is published weekly. Readers can visit the website to browse new essays or subscribe to receive updates directly.

It is both. In Season Weekly lives on the website as a collection of essays and reflections, and readers can subscribe to receive new writing by email.

In Season Weekly is written from lived experience, not from a distance. The writing is observant, grounded, and honest about the good, the hard, and the in between. It does not chase trends. It pays attention to real life as it is happening.

Black women 50-plus have stories, taste, wisdom, humor, questions, and perspective that deserve more room. In Season Weekly creates space for women who are still choosing, changing, noticing, and becoming.

Anita writes about aging, identity, family, culture, relationships, faith, travel, style, wellness, memory, and personal agency. The essays often begin with everyday moments and move toward a larger truth.

No. In Season Weekly centers Black women 50-plus, but the writing is open to anyone who values reflection, honesty, culture, and thoughtful storytelling.

Yes. Readers can subscribe to receive new essays and updates from In Season Weekly. Subscribers may also receive reader gifts, including a free journal designed to help them notice, reflect, and write through their own season.

“In Season” is about recognizing the value of the life you are living now. It is not about rushing to the next version of yourself. It is about paying attention, making choices, and honoring the wisdom, beauty, and clarity that come with this season of life.

Start with whatever is calling you. You can browse essays by topic, including life transitions, relationships, faith, wellness, travel, style, culture, and humor in everyday life.