It’s Not PMS, It’s You! Interview with the author
Fri, 27/08/10 – 14:04 | 26 Comments

“…for every woman who ever pulled her hair out trying to explain–for the 46th time–the importance of putting the toilet seat down, for Christ’s sake, or that burping the national anthem after every meal is not a constitutional right…

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Talking About Plastic Surgery–Still & Again
Wednesday, 18 Aug, 2010 – 11:06 | 6 Comments
Talking About Plastic Surgery–Still & Again

…seeing the signs of aging gave me a bit of a start. You know it’s coming but you’re never quite ready when it does finally appear.

My Formerly Hot Life: First the Blog, Now the Book
Wednesday, 11 Aug, 2010 – 14:54 | 39 Comments
My Formerly Hot Life: First the Blog, Now the Book

And I’m laughing, snorting even, in that not-so-subtle way that demands you ask me, “what’s so funny?”

Leather Corsets + Midlife = Hello, Good Times!
Friday, 7 May, 2010 – 12:08 | 9 Comments
Leather Corsets + Midlife = Hello, Good Times!

It was an eye-opening evening for the both of us, witnessing my ownership of my sexuality.

MidLife Reality: The One Body Part You Can’t Get “Fixed.”
Monday, 3 May, 2010 – 12:53 | 5 Comments
MidLife Reality: The One Body Part You Can’t Get “Fixed.”

Outwardly, I can convince myself–and pretty often the general public in the right light–that I have stalled the biological clock. And then it happens….

Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be
Monday, 26 Apr, 2010 – 12:06 | 13 Comments
Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be

I tried all the tricks that had served me so well in the past to lose….Nothing worked. Those pounds were beyond pesky; they were stuck to my body in places they had never gone before.

Watching My Waist
Monday, 8 Mar, 2010 – 13:55 | Comments Off
Watching My Waist

Then came the earthquakes. A divorce, single motherhood, a bankruptcy. Bing, Bang. Boom. Even though I was an emotional wreck, I never ballooned to outrageous proportions. Still, for the first time in my life I had to shimmy into a girdle to control the overflow of tummy flesh. I was mortified.

Buying A Bathing Suit
Friday, 19 Feb, 2010 – 14:40 | 12 Comments

I just ordered a bathing suit.  It’s still February and I’m looking at swimwear.  I do this every year.  And every year, I pass on the opportunity to clothe my body for a season of …

My Feet Hurt
Friday, 5 Feb, 2010 – 1:35 | 21 Comments

Yes they do. Every day. In almost every way. This, as much as used-up eggs and hot flashes, seems to be a fact of my midlife.
Once, in my glory days, I could …

On French Pedicures
Saturday, 26 Sep, 2009 – 14:58 | 2 Comments

This is a post from ByJane, circa early Spring 2007.  I’m reposting it as an hommage to Jessica Gottlieb‘s recent musings about French Pedicures.
I know it’s still winter in the rest of the …

Redefining Hot in the MidLife Dictionary
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 12:21 | 8 Comments
Redefining Hot in the MidLife Dictionary

I’m also poking fun at myself for being conflicted about no longer being hot–-hot in the sense that people who didn’t already know that I was “beautiful on the inside” thought I was hot.