Dec 2, 2021Adulting: What Being Sleepy Taught Me....I mention in a previous blog entry that my psychiatrist issued me a challenge to stop napping. My current medicine (albeit helpful) was...
Aug 13, 2021Adulting: Our life in Sunsets? Enchiladas? Cups of tea? If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I like to put up monthly quotations on my Instagram and Facebook page. And for the...
Jul 2, 2021Adulting: Confessions....Things I've learned the hard way: I should slow down. I shouldn’t shop for my weekly groceries when I’m really hungry. (Yet I still do?)...
Jun 17, 2021Adulting: Stepping into 40 (Part 2)...I texted a friend of mine to learn details about life in her 40s. I wanted to know what she was experiencing in this new decade I am...
May 13, 2021Adulting: Stepping into 40...Because I turned 40 this month, I asked women in their 40s (or those who recently exited them) what they would say about this new decade...
Apr 15, 2021Adulting: Appreciation on a Larger Scale...When I was school age, I often heard my teachers say something akin to: You are the next generation: you are the next set of teachers,...
Apr 8, 2021Adulting: Are You an Adult? I am an adult. At least I hope I am. Apparently, laws aside, no one agrees on the definition. For fun, I did a little research, but it...
Jan 5, 2021Adulting: Significant Moments Take Time...“I was there. I was in the crowd when President Ronald Reagan spoke in West Germany and called on Soviet President Gorbachev to ‘Tear...
Apr 15, 2020Adulting and Donuts... Donuts. Such a role they have played in my life! And not just the calories – I’m talking life lessons here, people. Ha! Just to include...
Aug 21, 2019Aging: What is Your Attitude About It?Why can “older” people be so hard on themselves and those younger than them? Growing up, I heard the following: “Enjoy it now, while you...
Jun 6, 2019Aging: Love For Technology...I can’t believe I haven’t focused on this sooner: with aging comes fantastic new technology. I know you are thinking how profound I am...
Jun 4, 2019Aging and Success: Julia Child...I’m sure you’ve heard of author and chef Julia Child. I hadn’t given her much thought though until recently, when my parents were telling...
May 29, 2019Adulting: Don't You Appreciate the "Rare" Now?I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post that the older you get, the more learn what “unique” really means. But I think in the whirl of...
May 23, 2019Adulting: I Hardly Know It All! But I'm Glad...The other day my friend told me she was going to apply Vaseline between the folds of her very wrinkly, very charming pug. I wasn’t sure...
Mar 28, 2019Why Another Blog, and Why One About Adulting and Aging?I recently attended a “Blogger Bootcamp” which was overwhelming and a little intimidating and caused me to re-ask myself those basic...
Mar 1, 2019Adulting: Who Do You Resemble?One thing I’ve only recently enjoyed about being older, and I think you might too: seeing how we resemble people (whether it be physical...
Feb 22, 2019Adulting: Firsts Again...Because I’m living overseas, I’m learning to drive on the side of the road opposite to what I’m used to. Never mind that the steering...
Feb 1, 2019Aging: Naivety...I think it’s pretty well accepted that there is a certain gullibility among children. Having less experience and knowledge than others,...
Jan 25, 2019Adulting: Balancing My Thinking...My blog is about enjoying aging, but in order to do that, I’ve had to balance out my thinking a bit. Maybe you are like me. I tend to...
Nov 18, 2018Adulting: Do We Blame too Much on Aging?I can’t keep up with my favorite work out gal, Kelli, on Fitness Blender. Well, I guess I can typically “keep up” – I’m just not as...