A week in the life of a peri menopausal woman

A week in the life of a peri menopausal woman

Monday: I went to the library to renew my card and found myself asking the young woman with streaks of neon in her hair where I might find product. She looked up: “Um, ok, go for it, I guess” and grudgingly told me where to go. I was so crushed I didn’t even have the...
My Mother: my model for aging

My Mother: my model for aging

I always felt fortunate that I had as my ‘aging’ model, a mother who started tap dancing at age 66, and became associate TV producer at age 68. But my real insight into a joyous journey to the End came via a tweet chat. My mother was a force of nature. She...
Cats are not dogs

Cats are not dogs

After years of dating, marrying, divorcing and marrying again, soon adding two young kids, I thought I  was happy with two low(ish) maintenance Cats. Busy tho that was, a dog-need caught me by surprise. I lobbied to no avail. And then the universe heard my cry: at the...