Women's Issues Midlife And Beyond
 “It hit me that being hip was a full-time job, and I was only a part-timer. I couldn’t hide forever that I liked county fairs, particularly the goat booth at the 4-H tent, or that I once spent a week with my grandmother at her house in the giant retirement community of Sun City, Arizona, and it was one of… Read More
“Bedtime is fraught with fear and disappointment. When it is just me alone with my restless body and mind, I feel like the whole world is asleep and gone. It’s very lonely. I am tired of being tired and talking about how tired I am.†― Amy Poehler Everyone Has Limits It hurts when heroes fall. You build them up… Read More
 “It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.†― W.C. Fields  A group of older women sat around a beat up table discussing ageism. Coffee cups populated the area like impromptu game pieces, and the cookies were long gone.  When one of the women brought up the topic of nicknames, things got heated fast. “I… Read More
 “If you live with dogs, you’ll never run out of things to write about.†― Sharon Delarose  Booker, Booker, Booker. Those soft blue eyes of yours tend to deceive me all too often. There was the infamous time you dug up the entire box of newly planted flowers. You didn’t even try to look embarrassed about it. “!@#$% Chipmunk,  Read More
Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ~Clifton Fadiman Kathy looked at me with a raised eyebrow. “You were up at 2 a.m.? Me too!†I nodded with empathy. “Don’t you hate it? Mostly I can’t shut off my brain.  I worry that I’m too far behind on my… Read More
“The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.†—Paula Poundstone (comedian) Cats. Love them or hate them, you have to admit they are interesting. Like, what on earth are you doing now, interesting. We live with two vastly different cat personalities, and it’s a nonstop show. Pudgy, our… Read More
