My husband and I live in a family neighborhood. We've lived in the same renovated farmhouse for twenty-six years and counting. Many...

I was a literary snob. The idea of listening to an audiobook instead of reading seemed like a copout. I love holding a book, listening...

I need a new bra that fits. I've worn my sports bras to far too many dance and yoga classes and no amount of hand washing in special...

I don't know about you and your friends. I can only speak from personal experience. The pandemic is always the first topic of...

Back at the end of April, I blogged about hair. I knew it was a subject that many women were talking about, even during the Pandemic. ...

A friend and I sat in my backyard on a sunny, almost-too-hot afternoon. Each of us had had a minor "run in" with our partners and...

You know the Pandemic is getting to me when I blog about my hairbrush. But, hey, when writing is a lifeline as it is for me, any topic...

I don't know how you feel but, when I hear about "older" people and their risk for the Coronavirus and then realize that most of my...

I remember looking at women who were gardening or reaching for an item on the lowest shelf in the grocery store--any action that required...

I didn't intend to blog about forgiveness. But at the end of the BBC series "The Victim," there was a quote by the Persian poet, mystic,...

Well, let's say the celebration was not the big bash I'd planned. Seventy-five is a milestone. I'm still standing and doing quite well,...

I couldn't believe it when my dad, then in his mid-80s, called and, sounding desperate, asked for my help. "Your mother has been scammed...

When it comes to a battle with Xfinity or AT&T, Apple, Microsoft--any gigantic corporation--well, it's game on. You ain't getting me...

I think I felt my connection to blacks most strongly the day my dear friend Joel and I walked through the dance studio in the middle of a...

I turn seventy-five in a month. The passage of time is startling. It seems that I just posted a blog "OMG, I'm Turning 70." Where did...

I get it: the two activities seemingly have absolutely nothing to do with one another. Not for me! Let me explain: for as long as I can...

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'Til it's gone -- Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi" The other night, I...

Today, I needed a pep talk. So, I scrolled through my posts from almost a year ago and found this one. It made me laugh and reminded me...

So, I've been thinking about the firsts during this pandemic and the hours and hours we've spent, at home, often alone or with one other per

Funny thing, time. Like most folks 50+ (and I'm way beyond that!), I want to slow things down, to make the weeks and months, and, yes,...