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 …
This was the year that almost did me in. 2017 was characterized by challenges, failure, and misery. My husband and I, individually and together, have felt like Sisyphus — waging successful assaults on the problems of the month only to discover a new challenge that pushes us back down the hill, just to start over …
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 …
It’s time to fess up– I didn’t stop writing because of boredom or writer’s block. I’ve had a lot to say. It’s been my depression. Everything I’ve wanted to say has been about how low I felt and how hard I’ve been fighting. If I’d had let myself, my blog my titles would have been: …
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 …
Shhh. don’t tell my husband but I’m having an emotional affair. I love my phone. It’s always there giving me the information I ask for and it doesn’t ramble on and on. It connects me with loved ones and professionals. It leads me to where I want to go and doesn’t get lost. It …
One of the great aspects of growing older is my intolerance for things I don’t like. With the countdown clock ticking, I just don’t have the time waste on things I don’t like or are indifferent to. My wardrobe has been the biggest recipient of this. Simply put, I won’t wear anything I’m indifferent to …
Have you ever just needed to get away? To go take a walk to settle yourself down? Now imagine that walk turned into a thousand miles, by yourself along the Appalachian Trail. I met Brittney and her dog, Jack, on a very hot day in a laundromat near a Vermont egress to the trail. She …
January comes and visions of becoming the women we always wanted to be dance in our heads. The dreaded New Years Resolutions loom. How often do we give up on those visions long before the change ever happens? And then my inner badass remains outwardly dowdy. The journey seems too fraught with obstacles and goals …
