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Why caring for a garden is really about caring for ourselves
The garden I set out to build ended up building me as well.
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I tried pole dancing and my arms are killing me!
Yesterday I tried pole dancing for the first time, and today my arms complain whenever I lift them up. My legs have bruises and my thighs are sore, but I have to tell you that I feel absolutely magnificent! I have always been curious about pole dancing. It is the idea of flight that fascinates…
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Catching up on falling apart
One of the things that I now have the leisure of doing: Catching up on television shows that I’ve missed. I remember being so captivated by Grey’s Anatomy with McDreamy and McSteamy, Izzie cutting Denny’s LVAD, Karev giving O’Malley syphilis, and Christina Ricci doing a cameo as a paramedic. I think I went as far…
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Embracing my lines, wrinkles, and everything else
I was told that I may need to start using Botox. My eye bags had started making their existence known, most especially when I didn’t have enough shut-eye, and it was suggested that Botox could maybe improve their appearance. I grew up in the supermodel era. Linda Evangelista wouldn’t wake up for less than $10,000…
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How to pose in a swimsuit in your fifties if you’re not Paulina Porizkova
Of course, there is only one Paulina Porizkova but this doesn’t mean the rest of us have to look all sloppy either. Picking the right swimsuit is half the battle. The fifty-year-old body is not like the forty-year-old’s. We’ve got some mileage on us, and we should be proud of it whether it’s because we’ve…
