I Have Nothing to Wear: Pants Department, or How about that elastic waist?

12.05.2008

By Laura G. of Rebellious Thoughts of a Woman Perhaps the most serious flaw or failure to appear in my closet is pants. This may be news to the clothing companies, but women have thighs and for some horribly upsetting reason, they get bigger as we get older. As the breadth of our experience widens, [...]

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Writing Your Life: For Fun and Profit

12.03.2008

We’re bloggers, so we know that the internet has made the world a whole lot smaller and a whole lot more accessible to the so-called common person.  Used to be that literary competitions were only open to literary folk, i.e. those who had been accorded their bona fides by the publishing world.  These days, though, [...]

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The Sexiest Man Alive: The Midlife Version

11.29.2008

by Darryle Pollack of I Never Signed Up For This Hey, these things matter.  Once I heard the news was out, I didn’t even wait till my issue arrived–I went right to the People magazine website.  Inquiring minds want to know, and all that. This year the magazine took a bold step beyond favorite sons [...]

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Of Hair and Other MidLife Disasters

11.25.2008

by Jane Gassner of ByJane This is not the first time I have written of such subjects. See here and here, if you will. My quest for a decent haircut NOW THAT I LIVE IN ELK GROVE has taken me on another journey. This time I went to a stylist recommended by two friends of [...]

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MidLife Therapy: A Shrink In A Book

11.20.2008

by Suzanne of TwentyFour At Heart I’m still hanging out while I wait for my sex toy gift basket to arrive.  I suppose you’ll want to hear about it when it arrives?  What happens if I can’t figure out what something is used for, will you explain it to me? I’ve talked a lot about [...]

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Sex, Lingerie and Midlife: I’m Bringing Sexy Back

11.16.2008

by Cecilia of Sass Town It came to me as I was folding a load of laundry last night. In particular my husband’s XL undershirts and his undies that are about two sizes too big for his shrinking waistline and pancake butt. Unfortunately the pancake butt and chicken legs run on his side of the [...]

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BlogHer ’09 – Start Thinking Now!

11.13.2008

Blogher recently announced the date and place of the 2009 summer conference:  the weekend of July 24th in Chicago.  They also put out a Call For Ideas.  And then a couple of days ago, Elisa Camahort, one of the founders of BlogHer, sent me an email in which she said: BlogHer is passionate about delivering [...]

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Peanut on Obama

11.11.2008

by Karen Batchelor of MidLife’s A Trip On election night we all gathered over at my sister’s to watch the poll results come in. My 4 year old niece, the “Peanut” was thrilled with the company, the festive atmosphere and the spread of party food. Oh — and the fact that she was allowed to [...]

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Benign Neglect or What?

11.09.2008

I used to have a dream in which I have given birth to a baby, a wanted baby, but then I forget to take care of it.  I put it in a bassinette somewhere or a crib by a window and then–oops! how long has it been since I’ve fed the baby?  I can’t remember.  [...]

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Adventures in Zumba– apparently, my hips DO lie.

11.05.2008

by Tori of Babybloomr It has recently become glaringly apparent to me that blogging, unfortunately, is not a cardio-vascular activity. Imagine my chagrin. In fact, not only does writing not get your heart rate up and whittle your waistline, it appears that it can actually give you a big ol’ blogger’s butt. Or so I’ve heard. [...]

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