Back to school means back to sickness. I’m working from home guzzling water, neti potting day and night, and washing my hands obsessively while my husband and daughter are upstairs, sniffling and coughing and moaning. I feel as though I have just gotten my groove for Q4 and the last thing I want is to…
Last week, challenging myself, I made an Instagram Reel talking to the screen about leopard print sweaters. It did well, and inspired me this week to do one talking about the new sneakers I got. This video did even better and I gained well over 100 new followers from it. I have never been a…
We love iced coffee, but we never make it at home. We look forward to our Sunday mornings when we take our dogs for a walk and make a point to stop by our Farmers Market to get our cold coffees. We often comment on the flavor and quality of the coffee, and we dream…
I have been feeling low. Empty. My therapist suggested I return to what got me out of a hole I was in back in 2014: meditation and Brene Brown. I pulled up Daring Greatly from my Audible archives, horrified to find it was replaced by AI reading the book, and bought another copy. And I…
Weekend Reads Idaho’s parental consent law impedes 988 suicide crisis hotline access for some youth. (Idaho Capital Sun) One thousand vintage garments found in an Appalachian farmhouse. (Pre-Loved via Substack) Now we have to compete with AI models? (Glamour) Love this Magsafe battery pack for my phone. Can you guess my favorite print? Can RFK…
I just got back from a five-day cruise to Cozumel, Mexico, and Bimini, The Bahamas, AKA The Riviera Maya, with Virgin Voyages. It was a blast, and I felt I packed very well. I wanted to share what I wore on my Virgin Voyages cruise as an over-40, size 14/16 petite woman. Why I’m Sharing…
Weekend Reads for Leaving on a Jet Plane Minnesota Vikings show support for their male cheerleaders amid backlash. (Today) “Divine Feminine” advice on TikTok is just part of the alt-right pipeline. (Teen Vogue) Target is the latest company to keep a replaced chief executive around as an “executive chairman.” Does having two top dogs make…
My sister and I have been going to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, for at least one long weekend a summer for over two decades. At first, this annual Rehoboth Beach girls’ weekend getaway included our mom. When my daughter was born in 2009, she joined us. Our mom passed away just over a month after our…
I’m home from Rehoboth Beach, and even though I slathered on SPF 30 and 50, I’m a sun worshipper and I came back brown. I know it’s not healthy, and it’s not cool with my fellow Gen Xers to be tan these days, but gosh I love it. I rarely drink, I don’t smoke, my…