Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
Five Ways You Can Improve Your Sleep at Midlife It’s 1 a.m. and your digital alarm clock is taunting you.  Those little blue numerical lights glow brightly in your wide-open eyeballs.  You close your eyes with stern force, hug your pillow for dear life, and will yourself to let go.  Sleep!  You NEED sleep.  Ten minutes later you find yourself… Read More
Weight…Wait! You pull your favorite pair of jeans out of the closet and discover that extra vigorous shimmying is required to pull them to your waist. What the ??? They fit fine last week. With a deep inhale you manage to snap the top, but the zipper teeth aren’t speaking to each other.  Self-loathing takes over and you begin planning your next… Read More
The Picture of Happiness Ah, the dilemma. You’re browsing at one of your hometown shops and spot a gorgeous pair of earrings. You flip the tag and discover they are handmade by a local artist. Cool. The price is amazingly reasonable considering the artist’s time and labor, not to mention the fact that these are not mass-produced earrings that thousands… Read More
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Sweat, Tears, and All Too Few Cheers My knees bore the raw watery marks that come when you leave your skin on the… Read More
A Natural Relief of Menopausal Symptoms? When I heard that question from a younger (as in non-menopausal) woman I was curious. What thing about eating yams? So, like any normal clueless person, I Googled it. As it turns out, it’s not so much about eating yams. It is, however, about as using wild yams as a progesterone promoting cream.  Huh?… Read More
Chocolate Avocado Pudding Some things are odd couplings, but work well. Leather and Lace. Aging rock stars and stick-thin super models. Sandals and socks. Chocolate and Avocado. Wait, what? Chocolate and Avocado?  Yep. While not a new recipe, I wanted to share it with those of you who have not yet tried this delectable, healthy, dessert. The first time I… Read More
“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it’s all over.” – Octavia Butler Tammy. One of those high school friends who had it all. Gorgeous… Read More
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.†— Lao Tzu Last week I was poetically whining about the slushy snowfall, and today we had a chance of breaking a Minnesota record by hitting 70 degrees three days in a row. In November. Let’s see…hot, cold. Hot, cold. That sounds vaguely familiar to my hot flashes. Could it be that… Read More
When I was a child, and everyone over the age of 18 seemed ancient, I used to wonder why married couples yelled at each other so often. Didn’t they like each other? Were they perpetually angry? Was this what love mutates into over time? Now that I’m in Midlife I have a new take on the yelling. I’ve discovered being… Read More
Ta da!  This month’s silk scarf giveaway is an 8 x 72-inch habitoi with the colors of light snow on a furrowed sleeping field.  It’s sophisticated.  It’s classy. It’s up for grabs if you sign up on agingschmaging.com. (Here’s a “big thank” you to this month’s scarf model…my lovely sister, Leah.) The October silk scarf winner is Jeanne Daniels from Wisconsin.  Her… Read More
