With no snow on the ground, we decided on a Christmas Day hike up Black Mountain. It’s a short, five-and-a-half mile loop to 1,250 feet just six miles from home, and in all these years, we’d never hiked it. We’d always opted for higher mountains further from home with Leo, the dog. One of the […]
Martha Stewart v. Ordinary Goddesses of Womanhood
Martha Stewart told The New York Times it took courage and a lot of Pilates to pose for the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition as an 81-year old woman in a youth-centered culture. It probably also took a certain amount of tanning, scrubs, peels, and maybe Botox, as well as highlights, product, and […]
Lampshades & Memorythe
Dowdy with Dust I’ve lived in my house going on twenty-seven years, long enough that some everyday objects had become dull and downright dowdy with dust. Dust accrues, and in the last few years, I recognized how it had started to fill in the pleats of the lampshades on what I call “the new lamps,” […]
60+ And Tired of Being Told I’m Old
Are you over sixty and tired of being told that you’re old and at risk of dying from the coronavirus? OVER SIXTY AND O.K. I’m over sixty, I’m healthy, and I’m following best practices for avoiding contamination: staying home, maintaining social distance, and practically scrubbing the skin off my knuckles. ANOTHER TIME PEOPLE TOLD ME […]