I had a unique opportunity to unabashedly watch over two thousand women, mostly menopausal and post menopausal, over a ten hour period. I was working as an election teller for a service organization’s election. I was tasked with standing stony, like a chess piece, at an election machine in a room of 16 election machines, …
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 …
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 …
Joy. Not pleasure. Not being happy. Not being orgasmic. Not contemplative or peaceful. But down to you toes, full on, indescribable, bubbling JOY. Like the baby in the manger, room needs to be made for it. Time cut out in your life to let joy in. Listen to you favorite heart pumping music – loud. …
Last year at this time I was 25 pounds heavier, 3 sizes larger and fatigue was my constant companion. You know that I’d felt as though I’d tried every thing to lose weight and was feeling low about the chances of a 59 year old woman with a long history …
Diva: A diva (/ˈdiːvə/; Italian: [ˈdiːva]) is a celebrated female singer; a woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, and by extension in theatre, cinema and popular music. The meaning of diva is closely related to that of prima donna. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diva) When I was little the only person associated with the term Diva …
