My Bodacious ta tas

My Bodacious ta tas

In a family of big bosomed women, I was a late bloomer. For too long I hid my shame with tissues stuffed into a AAA bra, graduating to bras that were 3/4 padding. But when they finally blossomed, my bosoms were spectacular. Men delighted in them and clothes strained...
New role for me: Matriarch!

New role for me: Matriarch!

In the 50’s and 60’s, Toronto may have been a staid, close-down-on-Sundays town, but the Kastner house was rocking.  In my fam, there was always music, whether live – my banjo and guitar-playing sister and brother  – or recorded: the music of the theatre;...
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...