If there is one thing summer is filled with on my street it is the laughter and shouts of children. The neighborhood kids are doing what kids do in the summer - play from sun up to sun down. Watching them reminds me of my childhood summers on the cul-de-sac I lived on. Summer for [...]
HOLY HOT FLASH BATMAN!
When first faced with the inevitable experience of perimenopause, I did what I always do in the face of new experiences that may be trying - I read everything I could about it. In reading about it I learned that it was often a frustrating, confusing, and challenging time in a woman's life; but, I [...]
Flawed, funky, and on occasion, fabulous!
Three years - or in The New Forty count - one thousand and ninety-five days. Whoa. I need to step back and take a breath. I really wasn't sure if I had it in me at the outset. Ah, but the proof is in the pudding. Apparently, there is all kinds of "stuff" in me [...]
Ensuring freedom is not for the faint of heart…
Today we celebrate America's independence. Today we revel in our freedom. Today we stand united in our patriotism. But today as we celebrate, we must acknowledge that this freedom we celebrate has been hard fought and won on the backs of true patriots - members of the military, past and present - and their families. There is a [...]
Mayberry just won’t be the same…
I recognized something today - my collection of Facebook friends expressed greater sadness at Andy Griffith's passing than Whitney Houston's passing. I find that oddly comforting. Not that I am diminishing the passing of Whitney - I am not; rather, I am acknowledging the valuation difference the folks I know have placed on these two losses. [...]
I’m melting…
In heat like this with high humidity, I feel a bit like the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. The iconic screech - "I'm melting...I'm melting!" - plays over and over in my head and I literally feel like I am melting. Of course, I am not literally melting - but [...]
Dependence weeks…
West Fargo residents love their fireworks. They especially love things that go "boom!" Hence, the couple of weeks before and after July 4th are filled with lots of loud noises that can be heard far and wide. That is all well and fine for most folks - most folks love fireworks. I personally don't love the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 