I’m not sure how to start this. It’s about grandchildren and being a grandparent. I want to say how much we love them, but if you have grandkids you know about that. If you don’t have grandkids you don’t have any idea and probably don’t care. I used to watch older folk pull out pictures …
While doing research for a piece on body image I ran across this brief video. Two entrances, one headed “Beautiful” and the other headed “Average”. Women had to choose one or the other to get into a building. I was rapt as I watched it the first time, the second time and the third. …
One might not think that Julia Child was Midlife Badass Woman, but she was. As I was growing up she stood bigger than life on the PBS screen. She taught cooking dishes I didn’t understand and thought I would never eat. She seemed eccentric and ethereal both at the same time. Her 6’2″ frame filled …
I’ve been having trouble writing the last couple of weeks. A friend shot themselves and it shook my world. It was sudden. We missed the signs. I want to say that it was because they were selfishly hiding the signs but they was probably trying to act their way out of a depression. …
What did you do last week? Unless it was take a walk in space and break a world’s record while you were at it, Peggy Whitson has you beat. Remember the book and movie “The Right Stuff” about the early astronauts?Remember how tough and strong and MALE they were? Square-jawed, alfa men. As a girl, …
There is a new weight loss trend. It’s all over YouTube. There are volumes of instructionals everywhere. It’s called intermittent fasting. Here’s how is works: fast for 12 – 16 hours then eat wisely for the remainder of the day. The videos explain how to come out of your daily fast with – a nutrient …
What skin care product could you not live without? One of the things we didn’t think about or expect when we moved to the mountain is how significant the lack of ” personal luxury” care would be. There are no med-spas, nowhere to get a quick mani-pedi, no spots for facials or massages. Well, I …
I am a late bloomer in the world of Christian Faith. I stayed away from it because it seemed so exclusive rather than inclusive. Hard-liners on both the right and the left whose cost of a seat was based on my political views hardened my heart. Proselytisers who knocked on my door and doomed me to …
So here’s a huge surprise. Sex has begun to hurt. All my parts are in working order. I have lots of experience and a great imagination. There are no more surprise pregnancies to worry about. I have a partner that I’m in love with…and…sex hurts. Crap My mother kept this from me because she stopped …
One of the ways older folk are perceived as irrelevant is by not keeping up with current language. It’s tough, slang just seems to be growing by the moment. though. Merriam-Webster just added 1000 new words to their dictionary. One-thousand! While that’s great for Scrabble players, it means hundreds of new words I should at least …
