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Announcing September’s Ambush Silk Scarf Model…Peta (PAY-tah) Barrett!
“In 2012, I sold my talent agency and left the industry to pursue (as a business) my avocation and passion: sharing the wilderness experience with others through guiding and teaching in the great outdoors!” –Peta Barrett Life is full of serendipity! This past July, while attending the Ely Blueberry Festival, I had the privilege of meeting Peta. She is… Read More
Customer Service: Women In The Second Half Speak Your Truth!
“Service, in short, is not what you do, but who you are.” –Betsy Sanders Is fabulous customer service a memory? A once caring corpse trampled by indifference? Still around, but on slow-drip life support? Are we so used to being treated with a “take it or leave it” attitude that we accept poor service as normal? Well, I’m inviting… Read More
Beauty: What Is Your Measure In The Second Half Of Life?
“They told me ‘advertising is for dreams, not reality, and women dream to be young.’ That was their reasoning. It’s wrong of course. Not all women want to be blonde, thin, and young. But that’s the image companies want to sell. And you always have to fight it.” –Isabella Rossellini, on being sacked by Lancome I guess I’m odd. I… Read More
A Midlife Woman’s Recipe For Determination:Where There’s A Dill, There’s A Way.
Beads of sweat formed on my brow. I was under extreme pressure and any former moments of glory faded like watercolors in the rain. (Thank you, Al Stewert, for that line.) Was I competing in an Olympic event? Um, no. Was I performing in front of millions? Nuh uh. Waaay more pressure than that. I.Was. Making. Pickles. So what? So… Read More
Aunt Bunny: Two Midlife Women, Two Drinks, And A Funeral
The waitress studied us with eyes full of curiosity. My sister and I were “out of towners” ordering drinks. Alcoholic drinks. At lunchtime. I looked around the room and noted most of the diners appeared to be locals in varying stages of life and work. Unlike us, however, they had ordered coffee, iced tea, or pop to go with their… Read More
Anger Addiction? Five Midlife Reasons To Let It Go
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” ― Mark Twain Please don’t get mad, but I don’t remember the source of the article that inspired this blog. Essentially, it implied we are becoming a nation of anger addicts. Too many… Read More
Success is 99 percent failure. -Soichiro Honda
When life bucks you off, how do you get back on? What resolve lets you shriek with joy because you are in the race and not on the sidelines? How did you turn a seeming failure–or failures– into something extraordinary? Please share.
Flying Blossoms: A Head’s Up On Midlife Creative Inspiration
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”― John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne We were warned early. If a butterfly chose you, don’t try to remove it. If… Read More
Timber Ridge Trading Company And Me…the best part of my day!
I’m not great about letting my little light shine. As a child I was told people who brag, or mainly feel good about themselves because they are brag worthy, go to hell. Even now, when given a compliment, I duck my head and begin to explain why the praise and complimentary person are wrong. I know. I’m messed up. Try… Read More
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