Middle-aged women are “in.” What a relief, ladies (and the people who love us)! We’re no longer undesirable. No longer untouchable. No longer like the Elf on the Shelf peering down on the action happening under the mistletoe and menorah. We’re the “it” girls at long last. So proclaims Hollywood AND the media. Halleluiah and
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“A woman your age …” said the allergist. She continued, but I wasn’t listening. I couldn’t. I was struck dumb by those words. Surely, she was talking to someone else in the room? Someone old. Not chic, well-groomed, hair-dyed, cool, with-it me? But since nobody else was in the room, she definitely was talking to
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”It” started to beep mid-day Tuesday. Handsome Hubby first heard the sound after the carpet cleaners left. It wasn’t super loud, but it was shrill. And it was constant. The noise was more than a beep. More of a high-pitched eek. A shriek. A cross between chalk grating across a blackboard and the soul-crushing cry
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In the early days of our marriage, we bought a new mattress. It wasn’t a mattress made in matrimonial bliss. So, we returned it and purchased another … and another. We couldn’t get it right. One was too soft. One was too hard. We couldn’t agree. This went on and on. It was absolute bedroom
Forget Biomass! Technomass is Today’s Weighty Story
Sure, sure. Most of us need to lose weight — me included. What else is new? But here’s something staggering! Mankind has now produced more “stuff” in poundage than all living things. So, I’m wondering: Does the planet need to go on a diet? If we consume too much as individuals, are we also collectively
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The Dreams Keep Coming
Wonderous. Yet, Worrisome
The dreams keep coming, night after night. They are wondrous, but also worrisome. They are about family members, dead family members.
Middle-Aged Women are In!
We're Hot and Bothered - In a Good Way!
Middle-aged women are “in.” What a relief, ladies (and the people who love us)! We’re no longer undesirable. No longer untouchable. No longer like the Elf on the Shelf peering down on the action happening under the mistletoe and menorah. We’re the “it” girls at long last. So proclaims Hollywood AND the media. Halleluiah and
A Woman Your Age, Said the Doctor
You Talkin' to Me?
“A woman your age …” said the allergist. She continued, but I wasn’t listening. I couldn’t. I was struck dumb by those words. Surely, she was talking to someone else in the room? Someone old. Not chic, well-groomed, hair-dyed, cool, with-it me? But since nobody else was in the room, she definitely was talking to
Things that Go Beep, Eek, and Shriek in the Night and Day
Never a Dull Moment
”It” started to beep mid-day Tuesday. Handsome Hubby first heard the sound after the carpet cleaners left. It wasn’t super loud, but it was shrill. And it was constant. The noise was more than a beep. More of a high-pitched eek. A shriek. A cross between chalk grating across a blackboard and the soul-crushing cry
Bedroom Bedlam — Again
Can This Marriage Be Saved?
In the early days of our marriage, we bought a new mattress. It wasn’t a mattress made in matrimonial bliss. So, we returned it and purchased another … and another. We couldn’t get it right. One was too soft. One was too hard. We couldn’t agree. This went on and on. It was absolute bedroom
Does the Planet Need to Go on a Diet?
Forget Biomass! Technomass is Today’s Weighty Story
Sure, sure. Most of us need to lose weight — me included. What else is new? But here’s something staggering! Mankind has now produced more “stuff” in poundage than all living things. So, I’m wondering: Does the planet need to go on a diet? If we consume too much as individuals, are we also collectively