I heard yesterday that one of my colleagues in the field of emergency management died. She wasn't all that old (but age is relative to how old you are and having arrived at the new forty I can only say - she was "older" than me, but not "old"). It seems I have heard about [...]
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Cry and your mascara runs…
Sarah, Carol and Cheyenne celebrating... I received a giant birthday card the other day from Regan, the beautiful and delightfully spunky daughter of my dear friend Barbara. In the card Regan said, "Mom says it doesn't matter when I send this card because when you are fifty you celebrate every day." I smile every time I [...]
Incommunicado!
It has been a harrowing two days. It all began on Friday morning when my computer started making a loud, continuous buzzing noise. For a moment there my life flashed before my eyes (my life's work that is) and I immediately started mumbling - "arrgh- I knew I should have backed up my data this past month." I must [...]
A pony for Christmas
Banner news today...after waiting for 40 years it finally came to me yesterday - the pony I wanted for Christmas when I was ten! Well, not an actual pony, I am speaking symbolically of course about the type of gift that you know you have only a small chance of getting, but you just want it [...]
Send stick pins…
Meet my grand dogs. That is Marley on top with the black nose and Lucy on the bottom with the brown nose. They are adorable - I know. I used to have a grand bunny as well - Mr. Ginger - but he sadly passed away. I have often wondered if Mr. Ginger didn't just finally [...]
The sunset of my life?
Well here you have it. The first indication that I am but a hop, skip and a jump from the senior discount. Having received my invitation to join AARP on day one of the new forty I am a bit concerned - is this the sunset of my life? If so, shouldn't I have been eased [...]
Surveying the landscape
I have been hearing it for years now - "fifty is the new forty" (albeit, I will entertain that I may have been listening more closely recently). I think it began back when Oprah hit the "big 5-0" a couple of years back. Honestly, at the time I remember being much more thrilled about John Travolta being at [...]
THE NEW FORTY 