The King And I, And Lessons Learned
I wasn’t a huge Elvis fan while he was alive; I was just on the cusp of the shift to the Beatles, and Elvis got left behind for me. I remember with clarity the the day the King died,… Continue Reading
Aging
I’m Not Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille
It’s true, unlike Gloria Swanson, I’m not ready for my candid close-up. It’s not just because I’m 63; I didn’t love an unplanned facial snapshot 20 years ago either. I’d ask friends, “Is that what I really look like?”… Continue Reading
I Couldn’t Wait To Get My Hair To Silver
I could not wait to get my bleached-blonde hair to silver. It took about three years and several salon visits, working to get the yellow out. It seemed at times it would never happen. And then with my latest… Continue Reading
Love The Shape You’re In, At Every Age
It’s practically become a Pinterest meme: to love our bodies just as they are. When I start doing that in earnest, it will be the first time in my life I’ve ever loved my body. Oh, I love that… Continue Reading
What Do You Wear To The Beach? (Whatever You Want)
I live on the beach, (lucky!) and yet I rarely go to the beach while the sun is up. (Having had one melanoma removed, I’m in “melanoma jail”, my dermatologist said). But if I want to go for a… Continue Reading
The Beauty In Imperfection
The commercial, and historical, to be fair, view of beauty revolves around perfection: symmetry, smoothness, balance and in the case of humans, youth. We’re drawn to it, it seems genetic. We swoon at the beauty of Michelangelo’s David, the… Continue Reading
What Are You Moving Toward, Style Edition?
Today I’m updating a post I wrote over six years ago, about moving-toward and moving-away. It’s an exercise I used to assign to my counseling patients: make two lists, one of the things you are moving away from, and the… Continue Reading
Inspiration From Five Fab Over-50 Instagram Women
I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I don’t enjoy the crabby people, of course, and I also wonder if we’re putting ourselves out there in the world based on our shallowest dimension – our looks. I still… Continue Reading