I could not wait to get my bleached-blonde hair to silver. It took about three years and several salon visits, working to get the yellow out. It seemed at times it would never happen. And then with my latest hair… Continue Reading
It’s practically become a Pinterest meme: to love our bodies just as they are. When I start doing that in earnest, it will be the first time in my life I’ve ever loved my body. Oh, I love that… Continue Reading
I live on the beach, (lucky!) and yet I rarely go to the beach while the sun is up. (Having had one melanoma removed, I’m in “melanoma jail”, my dermatologist said). But if I want to go for a swim… Continue Reading
I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I don’t enjoy the crabby people, of course, and I also wonder if we’re putting ourselves out there in the world based on our shallowest dimension – our looks. I still… Continue Reading
Age is not just an issue of mind over matter (that is: if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter). It’s a real life thing, just like puberty and menopause and (gulp) the inevitable for every living thing. We’re only moving… Continue Reading
That phrase – “bucket list” – is getting a bit hackneyed. It’s OK if I use it again today? This time to mean, what wardrobe pieces, or hairstyles, or makeup hacks do you want to experience before, well, you know… Continue Reading
Our friends generally become fewer and farther away as we age. That delicious camaraderie we had in college and early working years has dissipated as our lives diverge. Some of us have big families now, some have small. Some have thrown… Continue Reading
Blogging takes time and patience, and a little courage, to put yourself out to the world for review. We all want to be approved of, and it’s freeing to accept that you’ll always have detractors if you’re in the… Continue Reading