Humor
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MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
There was an article in the NY Times this week entitled, “Do your friends actually like you?” Research shows that only about half of perceived friendships are mutual. The study was done on 21-34 year-olds. Turns out that while those young people were 95% certain that their besties really were their besties that was only… Read more
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PUT ON YOUR GLASSES!!
A few years ago, while looking at pictures from a trip to Colorado, there was a gray-haired woman in a red sweatshirt who I didn’t recognize. I knew it wasn’t me. My hair is not that gray and I don’t own a red sweatshirt. Finally, I asked my husband. “Honey, who is that?” I prodded.… Read more
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TOP TEN CLUES YOU’RE NOT A KID ANYMORE
Everything hurts and if it doesn’t you’re just waiting for it to. “Your Body is a Wonderland,” in every sense of the word. Skin has gone south from your forehead to your ankles leaving a series of tiny, folded wrinkles that you can move around willy-nilly. Instead of tanning, you become covered with a… Read more
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YOU’RE NEVER TOO YOUNG…OR OLD
Yup. That’s me, playing, “Hide and Seek” in the pool locker room this morning. Couldn’t resist. Two little girls had been hiding and finding each other as their mothers pretended to knock on all the doors in search for them. The longer I watched, the more that I wanted to play, too. Finally, I said,… Read more
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FOR WHOM THE BELLBOTTOMS TOLL
You probably think these bellbottoms are my teenage daughter’s. Nope. Every soft, comfy, psychedelic inch of these stunners are all mine and I am mad for them. And get this: they were only $7. How did I score such a deal? I was browsing in a chichi old lady’s shop in Florida a… Read more
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DIFFERENT, DREADED. . .DIVINE!
(Cycling into the sunset) There is an old man on our street that walks his dog twice a day and it pains me to watch him. He walks so slowly that the poor dog strains at the leash with every step, longing to run. Instead, he can only go inches at a time, as… Read more
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Wimbledon? Nope, Whiffletoe
Since experts insist that once you’re over 50 you must, “Keep, learning something new,” I took up Pickle ball last week. Well, let me re-phrase that; I have only played two games. Since there is only one court at the Y, and usually a dozen, avid players, one has to sign in and wait.… Read more
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YIKES!! I’M DISAPPEARING!
I’m a lousy candidate for depression or suicide. Sure, I have my gloomy moments but they never last long. There’s just too much to look forward to. It’s like my brain thinks I might win the lottery even though I haven’t even purchased a ticket! Now science will tell you that’s because my endocrine system… Read more
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MAKE ‘GRAY’ THE NEW ‘DISPLAY’
When I heard that Hillary Clinton recently had a NYC salon closed to patrons while she had her hair colored, it made me feel pretty sad. It wasn’t that she paid $600 for the dye job. It was the fact that she felt she had to do it at all. For years, women have… Read more
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IF ONLY . . .
‘If only I were taller!’ That is exactly what I imagined my pup was thinking this morning when she spied the carrots in the icebox. (Yes, that is what I still call it. So much simpler than its’ five syllable counterpart.) It got me thinking about all the “If only’s” in my life… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 