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Anna Quindlen and Me

05.23.2012

She wasn’t the prettiest, the thinnest, the most popular girl but she was really smart and seriously focused and as ambitious as any of the guys. These were the heady days of feminism after all. Anna was a sister.

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Growing Eyelashes

05.15.2012

Eyelashes are in.  You knew that didn’t you?  You could tell because there isn’t a female appearing on TV that isn’t sporting mega-eyelashes.  I liked the look, maybe because it took me back to the days when slapping on a pair of false eyelashes was as natural as putting on mascara.  That was back in [...]

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I’m Growing My Hair. How Long Should I Go?

05.11.2012

I’m growing my hair. I think. I last had it cut about six months ago. It was the third strike and out for that particular hairdresser, and I haven’t found anyone to replace her. Well, I’m replacing her, actually. I have some haircutting shears (they came with the dog grooming kit I bought for Molly) [...]

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The MidLifeBlogger Buys a Bathing Suit

05.09.2012

The fact is that my figure flaws are exaggerated, exacerbated, and made paramount by the wearing of a swim suit.

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MidLife-Beauty.com: New Boomer Site

05.06.2012

MidLife-Beauty is a window onto what my friends and I are saying to each other about makeup and hair, our skin and our bodies.

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Embracing Ourselves at Fifty

04.20.2012

It’s so easy, here at middle age, to begin to pine for our youth, to have regrets, to think we missed the mark, to beat up on our younger selves.

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Remembering….and Not

03.18.2012

Similarly, I refuse to join in the pity party about how badly our culture treats the not-young. Yeah, yeah, yeah, ageism exists. As does sexism, racism, and all the other isms that are hallmarks of humanity.

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Never Mind Pink. I’m Wearing Red for American Heart Month

02.13.2012

Take the Million Hearts pledge, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control. Go to (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov) to sign on and tell them MidLifeBloggers sent you.

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One Armed Downward Facing Dog

11.03.2011

His advice was, let the break heal naturally and accept limited range of motion in your arm. When a surgeon says, “I don’t think we should operate”, how can one not listen.

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If I Should Die Before I Sleep….

10.27.2011

Actually, just thinking about having the last word–my imagination goes into overdrive.

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