How does the media represent us women, at any age? I have a gut feeling of course: that we’re supposed to be slim, energetic, healthy, perfectly groomed, and lovely to look at. But A Very Big Group, the AARP, conducted… Continue Reading
When Is Good Enough Good Enough? My friend sent me an article this week from the New Yorker magazine, Improving Ourselves To Death. In Western culture, the pressure mounts from all sides to do everything well, better and best. If… Continue Reading
Five hilarious fashion rules from the 1950’s and 60’s. It is fabulous to live in a time of fashion freedoms. There are still “rules” that people in certain professions are expected to follow, and there are still social norms to… Continue Reading
It’s getting easier to let go. It’s yet another of the benefits of aging I remind myself of constantly. I have fewer fears about letting go of the past. The present is all I have (all any one of us… Continue Reading
What are your superpowers? Besides the usual superpowers (you know, flying, shrinking, leaping tall buildings), I think we women have some real-life superpowers. In fact, we have the shirt to prove it. And according to actual science, we have… Continue Reading
My therapist used to advise me to distinguish between what I want and what I need. She said we often try to turn our wants into “needs” so we feel justified wanting them. So I am woke now about the… Continue Reading
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 hair… Continue Reading
On many lists of “how to de-stress your life” there’s a recommendation for unplugging from social media. Read a book, take a walk, listen to your vinyl. For the next few days I’m doing something I haven’t done in… Continue Reading