If you’re over 60, you probably know all this that’s written here; if you’re nowhere near 60, ditto! Whether you believe it, or apply it is another matter, but it’s key to remember … to quit can be as hard as to start. Nobody likes a quitter … there are times when it’s not just …
Remember the saying? Comparisons are odious … Odious – [adjective] extremely unpleasant; repulsive. Oxford English Dictionary and it’s yet another great word disappearing from our English language although it really feels and sounds like it’s meaning. But I digress (I know, you’re used to that), because today I really want to challenge the idea that …
Outside supermarkets these days, in the time of pandemic, you regularly see Shop Alone on a large-ish placard. This is a great idea for several reasons … □ You don’t have to take hubby with you – they hate supermarket shopping and make it more difficult. I often hear women complaining!□ You don’t have to …
I’m wondering if the title of this little blog seems patronising, sexist, and the type of thing a woman of 50 (and then some), would not look for! It does to me but I suppose there are many many girls who need to feel useful. Again. It’s the inclusion of again I think. Surely, as …
We hear so much about dressing your age and dressing age appropriately, often from people who look 12, you really have to wonder who made the decision that women over 50 (and then some), must follow silly ‘rules’? Why? Are we really unable to make our own decisions about how we look? Have we lost …
Well, this was written before Covid-19 and Brexit. How the world has changed in just a matter of months We are yet to see an end to Covid and the self-isolation, testing, vaccinations and every other thing associated with it. The one thing we know for certain is that we’re not going anywhere for a …
This article has been lying in my Temp box for some time, and after last week’s German pronouncement, it seems appropriate. As does this article on women becoming agents of change! OK. This is not about men-bashing. No no. It’s just my opinion on the status quo of over-50 women, men and large company boards. …
I’ve just finished reading an article about society’s extraordinary, generous and open acceptance of Women of a Certain Age. Baby Boomer women. Half-way through the reading, I began to wonder where in the Universe the writer of this piece of rubbish was living … certainly not this one. It was one of those moments; the …
If we’re being kind to ourselves, and why wouldn’t we? we should, in truth, run a stocktake at the end of every week. One of the keys to doing that is to have a system that requires no thinking but plenty of feeling. We’re all guilty of over-thinking ourselves and almost everything else in our …
You know, I frequently find all things PC to be too OTT and I’m not alone. but occasionally I wonder if it’s due to my age. I have now decided it has nothing to do with my age because so many girls think the same way. Perhaps it’s something to do with being female? Am …
