You need to have a look at this art video. It’s an artist applying a year’s worth of makeup to a model. The outcome is predictably distressing – she looks covered in mud. It would be equally unseemly to view… Continue Reading
“You look good for your age.” Most of my readers over a certain age have been given this compliment. How have you felt about it? I am working hard to not be a peckish sixty-something woman, so I don’t like to… Continue Reading
Threading the style needle over 50. I’ve been thinking . . . about personal style, “uniform” dressing, being “age appropriate” and other fashion-related miscellanea. I have a lot of time to think now that I am retired and can’t travel… Continue Reading
How not to have an ageless face. Not talking about my own face, it’s doing OK, while showing a bit of wear. I mean the (now-deceased, RIP) dermatologist featured in The New York Times in 2014. His name was Frederic Brandt, and he… Continue Reading
The best moments of your week? I’m working on adding joy to my days and being more conscious of it. Turning 65 has brought an awareness that this is not a forever ride, this life thing. So many milestones have… Continue Reading
What’s in a name? I had to go back to the Courthouse recently (socially distanced and masked), to re-apply for my updated passport. It’s a long, complicated, and bureaucratic story that I won’t bore you with. But the heart of… Continue Reading
How to get a beach body: you already have one. Like many teen girls, I struggled with negative body image. I was a little overweight, not a lot, but Twiggy shot onto the scene when I was about 11 (and… Continue Reading
It’s OK to talk about thinning hair. There are few limits on the topics we women talk freely about. In real life, and online, we discuss our professional lives, biological cycles, relationships, finances, cosmetic procedures, and etc. One topic that… Continue Reading