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What Makes A Person Old? And Who Gets To Decide?

What Makes A Person Old? And Who Gets To Decide?

July 17, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost In retrospect, I think it was the wink that bothered me most. There we were–“we” being my husband and me–sitting in a place of business awaiting a transaction. It is a business we’ve used for decades, but the person working with us was new. At least new in our… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: ageism, being seen as old

Fur Real: Why Cats Are Good For Our Health

Fur Real: Why Cats Are Good For Our Health

May 16, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.” ― Eckhart Tolle If you don’t like cats, look away now. LOOK. AWAY. Why? Because I’m going to share a few reasons why cats are good for our health and wellbeing. If you think cats are pretty badass and cool, this blog is for you…essentially cat-goodness validation on… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: cat happiness, Cats, cats good for our health

Nobody Says “Chubby Dipp’n”

Nobody Says “Chubby Dipp’n”

May 1, 2019 By Gail 2 Comments

I’ve had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.” ― Libba Bray On a recent spring night, a rare one in which the sun was in attendance, a group of artists gathered. Me, being me, grabbed a drink and tried to slink off into a corner. I love artists; I don’t enjoy starting or… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: midlife swimsuits, swimsuit insecurities

Could There Be A “Bedder” Husband?

Could There Be A “Bedder” Husband?

March 29, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“What darkness swirls inside your head? You are the Pinot Noir beside my bed.” ― Silvia Ardor I love my husband. We’ve known each other for around thirty years with the last eighteen of those attached to titles of Mr. and Mrs. With that much time together you’d think we’d be so familiar, so predictable, that our kisses would merge… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: bedder husband, sleeping with your husband

The French Word For Dandelion?  Pissenlit, or, Pee The Bed

The French Word For Dandelion? Pissenlit, or, Pee The Bed

March 20, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“Dandelions are just friendly little weeds who only want to be loved like flowers.” ― Heather Babcock “Pee the bed.” Not Shakespearean is it? Dandelions, it turns out, have diuretic properties. Who knew? (Well, obviously the French people, but not me.) Needless to say, my awareness concerning dandelions is embarrassingly minimal: –When you rub a dandelion on a siblings face,… Read More

Filed Under: Remembering Tagged With: dandelions, Pee, weeds

I Was Surprised When I Opened The Book And A Photograph Drifted To The Floor

I Was Surprised When I Opened The Book And A Photograph Drifted To The Floor

March 5, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“It’s the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.” –Tallulah Bankhead I was surprised when I opened the book, and a photograph drifted to the floor. Huh. The book, The Mane Event, was given to me around 1994 by my mother and had been sitting on a shelf ever since. Had I forgotten the… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging, Remembering Tagged With: Horses, Memories of horses

The Unexpected Gift

The Unexpected Gift

February 26, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“Passion in life…is life. It’s contagious. Get naked and roll around in it.” ― Lorii Myers You know that dream where you show up at school, unprepared for the big test? And, because dream pain needs to be humiliating too, you realize you’re standing in a hallway full of students staring and laughing at your lack of clothing. Unprepared and… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: art, artists, introverted openess

Suddenly he was inside the radius of her perfume and kissing her breathlessly.”  ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

Suddenly he was inside the radius of her perfume and kissing her breathlessly.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

February 14, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Remembering

Money: We All Have Our Little Angst Spoons That Stir Up Big Emotions

Money: We All Have Our Little Angst Spoons That Stir Up Big Emotions

January 30, 2019 By Gail Leave a Comment

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” ― Oscar Wilde You know that feeling. The one where you dread what’s coming at you? Maybe it’s a dental appointment (and, as a former dental assistant who tried her darndest to make patients comfortable, I’m giving you a pass on feeling that way), maybe it’s a visit… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: feelings of self worth, Money angst

Making “Tedious” Fun: How A Saddle Changed My Life

Making “Tedious” Fun: How A Saddle Changed My Life

January 25, 2019 By Gail 5 Comments

“Go and play. Run around. Build something. Break something. Climb a tree. Get dirty. Get in some trouble. Have some fun.” ― Brom I’m that much closer to buying the saddle I want, I’m that much closer to buying the saddle I want, thought teenage Peggy as yet another envelope slid into yet another slot. It was a tedious summer… Read More

Filed Under: Musings About Aging Tagged With: Fun, Making Life Fun

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