life
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Women, Wit and a bit of Wisdom
Fashion “Some skirts and heels are like dating the wrong person; just because ‘you can’, doesn’t mean you should.” “Knowing how to walk properly in heels is like knowing how to sing or dance. There’s no faking it, either you can or you cannot.” -C. Nor
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This is 50
This is 50. In a city like Los Angeles, and society, such as everywhere, I thought turning 50 would plunge me as many a woman today into deep depression and another superfluous $250 wrinkle cream. However, this August, I found myself entering this new decade in embrace, grace, and rather grateful. Officially turning the big…
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Crumbs & Fumes
Seven years ago I started a journal for my son. I can’t take credit for the idea as I read about legacy writing somewhere else and decided to do the same. It’s a journal ‘to him’ and ‘for him’ to open when he’s older – perhaps at 18. Some is just fun stuff and milestones.…
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Woman Cave
It’s been a long time since I read Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. I often wonder if she preempted men on the whole ‘man cave concept’, long before it was ‘cool’ and long before Restoration Hardware and flat screen TVs. It’s important for a person to have a ‘room of one’s own’ or…
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Your Resume or Eulogy?
So much for my daily Blog aspirations. But I’m back. ‘Back in the saddle again’ as they say. That’s right, a spider bite isn’t going to take me down, but it sure did try, more on that later. Today’s title comes from a sermon I heard earlier this morning. “Should we live for our resume or…