I usually donāt feel old. Am I getting old? Of course, because thatās part of the human experience. But Iāve reached the point in my, ahem, life journey where I sometimes get figuratively slapped in […]
Tag: aging
Elderly Adjacent – Say What?
Iāve recently had some unsettling truths come my way and they were delivered in a one-two-punch. The first salvo was fired while I was in my self designated “safe space” ā Target. There I was at […]
Ageless Summer – Count Me Out
Stop what youāre doing and listen, really listen. Do you know what the faint sound youāre hearing is? The long anguished and exasperated sigh of women who qualify for an AARP discount reacting to the […]
Writing Can Get Pretty Ugly
*Note:Ā I write a weekly opinion column for the Kansas City Star. Some of the stuff I muse about is a little more political in nature than I what share on this blog and by […]
Oh No, She Didnāt
When a trip to Walmart results in deep thoughts about face creams and ājowl alerts.ā I am not a grandma. Itās important for meĀ to say this because I just got an ego beat down at […]
Random Act of Jerkdom
You hear, it seems more than ever, that people have gotten downright mean. I donāt buy it. If you step away from the Internet andĀ social media and actually interact with your fellow humans I think […]
This Is Getting Old
I’d love to start a new magazine for women. Yes, I know the print publication business is not exactly what I would call a robust commerce to embrace, but I still think I could fill […]
Girl Problems
All the recent gender news has me thinking why anyone would want to be a woman. The hard truth is itās a brutal business being female and it always has been. I’m sure even Betsy […]
Snarky in the Suburbs 