The weather forecaster lied to me. Well, she lied to a bunch of viewers, but I took it personally. There was something about the way she faced the television camera that made me suspect she had her fingers crossed behind her back when she said, “Don’t worry! We will not have accumulating snow. The ground is still too warm.†Liar!… Read More
Free Mandala Coloring Book: Inspirational Quotes and Calming Creativity For Midlife Women
 “The tibetan word for mandala is kyilkhor. Kyil means ‘center’, khor means ‘fringe’, ‘gestalt’, ‘area around’. …Things exist interdependently, and that interdependent existence of things happens in the fashion of orderly chaos.” –Chogyam Trungpa  Ka-pow! Have you ever been hit by a moment of mental clarity so overwhelming, so powerful, it felt physical? It happened to me recently. I was… Read More
Midlife Musings On Photography: The Thrill and Fear of Exposing Our Reality
“It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.†—David Bailey A friend, who is part of a local art group I was considering joining,… Read More
A Lesson in Living a Beautiful Life… Romance 101
Which defines your typical meal? A. Grab a plate out of the cabinet; dish up your food (hot dish? Skillet something or other?) in the kitchen, and then plop down somewhere convenient while watching television. B. Rip open the delivered box of pizza with your teeth because it smells Oh. So. Good. Pop the top off a bottle of beer,… Read More
A Friendship Reconnected After Almost 30 Years
Her vehicle pulled into the restaurant’s parking lot and I could barely make out her hand wildly waving at me. Nearly thirty years had passed since we’d last talked, and it was thirty years too long. Who was she now? Who was I? It’s hard to say why we lost track of each other. Tammy was a year behind me… Read More
Lessons learned From a Young Boy: A Vendor Perplexed
I didn’t see it coming. That whole “how cute is he?†thing. A young boy wandered into my Aging Schmaging tent and looked around. I was a vender at Parley Lake Winery enjoying the last vestiges of a warm autumn day. He stared at my photographs, and then approached the table. “Does the candy cost anything?†he said. I had… Read More
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