It is my privilege to introduce June’s Silk Scarf Giveaway Contest Ambush Model…Sally Brown. I had the pleasure of meeting Sally through the Vital Aging Network’s series on Aging With Gusto. Sally is a leader in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Gray Panthers, and a genuinely caring individual. Her first response to my request to be my ambush model was, “No.†But… Read More
Gail, You Aging Schmaging Writer You, Tell Me More About Early Vibrators…
Of late, when I hang out with women, the topic of my blogs comes up. Particularly the blogs on hysteria and vibrators. The women snicker, elbow jab each other, and give knowing looks. But there are also questions. Lots of questions. So I thought I would include a little more information straight from Rachel Maines, author of The Technology of… Read More
Midlife Creativity. Oh Deer! Can you find it?
Here I am in midlife. Creativity has become something I crave and unleash without worrying about staying in the lines. That said, I’ve been messing with more impressionistic photography and love it. Â It’s a whole new way of playing and creating and exploring. Â I was futzing with this image and realized it is rather hard to see the deer. Â At… Read More
A Frog Winked At Me Tonight…Good Luck or Bad?
Seriously. Is a frog winking at me a good omen? It’s been a bit of rough week. And while I won’t go into my personal strife, I’m always looking for signs from the Universe to guide me. Yeah, I’m woo woo and proud of it. There’s an astrologist I follow named Elsa. Today she said—“ The Moon in Capricorn conjuncts… Read More
Women And Sex In The Second Half Of Life
The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again. –Erma Bombeck It’s Time To Uncross Those Lady-like Legs And Do What You Want When I started to put together this blog, I went online to look for a joke about midlife women and sex. I have a good sense of humor and… Read More
Lipstick Story: A Midlife Woman’s Miss And Tell
Red lipstick, the color of blood on a white T-shirt, was my mom’s favorite. She rarely wore makeup in general, but lipstick was an exception. Whenever she left the boundaries of the farm she’d pull the silver tube from her purse and swipe on a layer of waxy red beauty. It was her touchstone to womanliness in a field of… Read More
Women & Sports: Excellence In The Shadows
“Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.†– Bethany Hamilton, surfer My husband thrust the Minneapolis Star Tribune in my face and suggested I read Chip Scoggins article. I was so onto him. He knows I rarely read the sports page, but since he was in the… Read More
Designer Vaginas?
Female Sexual Dysfunction, Technology, and Older Women’s Self-Esteem Erosion “Some guys assume that they made this one girl orgasm by doing this one thing and now they do it to every woman they get with. If it doesn’t work on you, then something about you must be broken.” Author: Roberto Hogue Physical and Sexual Insecurities In the United States, cultural… Read More
Wisdom From Aging…
“I find my emotions are way more accessible than they were when I was younger and I’ve come to feel it has to do with age. I have become so wonderfully, terribly aware of time, of how little of it I have left; how much of it is behind me, and everything becomes so precious. With age, I am able… Read More
Baby Boomer Women: The Power To Make The Mundane A “Thingâ€
“I am a daughter, a wife, a businesswoman, a mom, but not a nurse†Margaret “Pook†Grathwol, Attorney, Chestnut Cambronne PA, talking about caregiving aging parents Is it true? Boomer women turn ordinary, age-old, situations into named things as if we invented them? Let Me Explain The ballroom was gorgeous, inviting, and dark-wood classy. I like those things in a… Read More
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