The lady in red
Red, the color of love. And passion and sex and spicy, hot, heat and sweet candy apples. Power, danger and rage. Yes, red symbolizes all that, but it’s also considered warm (think wool socks, hearst, hugs and Read More
Who are you?
You are fabulous. I know we’ve just met but trust me—I know something about you.
You’re a woman who has lived, loved, nurtured, and taken care of everyone and everything around you—kids, husband, home, parents, pets, friends, garden, community. You’ve spent decades Read More
A cosmetics throwdown in Lipstick Lane
Doesn’t it drive you crazy when your forced to traipse through cosmetics just to get into the store?? All you want is socks or detergent, but you’re immediately confronted by sales clerks threatening to spritz you with Read More
Time to get your groove back
They came back home in the spring with the ducks and the geese. You adjusted your life back from “me” to “mom”. Now your kids are off again, or for the first time, to university and it’s time for Stella to get her groove back. You know Read More
Home again, home again…
So, you’ve finally made the shift from Mom to me. Adjusting to not being a full time parent is hard. You feel a little demoted. You are no longer the center of his universe. You’re still Mom, but in title only, almost. Still, you understand, or at least, are trying to. And then, he returns. Whether he’s home for the holidays, or until he finds has own place, whatever Read More
Is it time to come out of the closet?
Wild blue yonder - Rhubarb, etc.
[…] have to be about reinventing yourself, if you don’t want it to be. This could be just about dusting…
Do you have a dream sitting on a shelf in your closet waiting for ‘one day’? Did you always want to paint? Play the piano? Learn French? Become a stand-up comic? (Remember the movie Punchline?)
It may well have been the right decision years ago to shelve that dream. You had the kids, husband and mortgage to think about. It was too risky, once you started your family. But, what’s stopping you Read More
Too much of a good thing?
We’ve talked about the pleasures and need for alone time in the past. And I remain a firm believer that spending time alone is a wonderful gift. But is it vaguely possible, as with all good things, that there could, on a rare occasion, be Read More
How perfectly wonderful, Cathy! I bet you look fabulous!!!