I'm one of the lucky ones who gets to escape Chicago winters for the warmer, sunny climes of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. You may have...

It's one of those days when I need some support. That nasty tendency to see all the flaws of aging has sneaked back around and I so...

I was the little girl with a knot in her stomach the size of my beloved Thom McCann Cha-Cha boots ("The boots with a beat") who slunk...

What if I told you that women seventy+ are enjoying the happiest time of their lives? Sounds like someone from another planet. Right? ...

I hear tell that a lot of close ties have been broken lately over politics. Nope, I'm not going there. Where I am going is the more...

A therapist asked me if I'd ever thought of how my time in the womb and ride down the birth control might have affected me throughout the...

Today is what I long ago coined an "Age Jump" day. I woke up, looked at myself in the mirror and stared in dismay at a new line (maybe a...

Mollie's life was filled with song. She was, after all, a concert pianist whose modest home in Chicago came alive every time she...

Jerry taught a fiction writing workshop that I signed up for sometime during the two years I spent as a stay-at-home mom.  Full-time...

I used to relish what I interpreted as a compliment when someone looked at my driver’s license and said, “No, way!  You don’t look your...

When a friend and I were talking—I’m sure I was whining about my back or the flab on my arms or something my husband said the other...

If you’re 50+, trying to get a reasonable life insurance policy is a frustrating, expensive task.  As far as the insurers are concerned,...

It’s no surprise: I’ve just lost all of my male followers.  But a girl has to do what a girl has to do.  And I need to get this off my...

Woman with paper bag over her head with smiley face drawing You were all excited when you turned 50, right?  You had all of Act Two in...

Funny how a memory pops up when we least expect it.  Our minds go to unexpected places at unpredictable times.  Sometimes there’s an...

Father’s Day has come and gone.  I took my husband out to dinner and bought the proverbial “You’re the best father in the world” card and...

My mother age 91 I wish you were here so I could make these apologies in person.  But as you know, you’ve been dead for almost 9 years...

Sisters: When We’re All Grown Up My sister turned 65 last week.  I forgot to call.  I have an excuse . . . well, sort of.  I was in...

DISCLAIMER OF SORTS ***** This post and the ones that follow were written several years before I started "Seventy And Me." I must have...

Okay, she needs a walker to get around.  She fractured her spine as a 94-year-old lifting and carting moving boxes. Her beloved husband...