Let’s say you have a friendship with a person who is not the same gender as you (and you are both heterosexual). Let’s say there may or may not be some spark between you. Let’s say the friendship is platonic and continues to be this way and is mutually accepted as such.

GenX, midlife17 Comments

Midlife and cosmetics: the Botox dilemma (part 2)

November 29, 2021January 3, 2022 Writer of Words, etc

Remember this post where I admitted my struggle to shape my eyebrows since my teen years? I left a little cliffhanger at the end, where my beautician Eva uttered a single word. 😛

Here are the final few paragraphs of that post, and the continuation of what happened next.

One day well into my late 40s, I asked Eva what she can recommend to hide some irksome wrinkles between my brows. Was there a type of make-up I could use that would minimize this self-perceived flaw that had bothered me for as long as I had been plucking my own eyebrows? That’s a lot of years of constant zooming in on that one point in my face. The wrinkles resembled a scar (I don’t even know if it is a scar, or if it is, how I got it) and I became increasingly self-conscious about it as I aged.

In fact, this scar/wrinkle was, at one time, the reason I desired bangs. (Never ever again.)

Eva had me lie back on her table and inspected my upper face under a bright light with a magnifying mirror.

Then, she said one word:

midlife18 Comments

Midlife and cosmetics: skin care and eyebrow shaping (part 1)

November 27, 2021November 29, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

Ever since I was a teen girl I was bothered by my eyebrows.

a day in the life, midlife, pandemic11 Comments

More pandemic reflections while out on a stroll

September 21, 2021September 22, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

The other day I was taking a break from the daily routine and took a walk around a park near a marina. The area is peppered with a few small, non-chain restaurants and bars, but they were relatively quiet since it was a weekday in the middle of the afternoon; happy hour wouldn’t begin for a while.

a day in the life, midlife, relationships, Tarot10 Comments

Reflections on Labour Day Monday, in preparation for Tarot Tuesday

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

After a morning of this and that, I sat down on my new deck in mid-afternoon and pulled some tarot cards.

inspiration, Medium, writing22 Comments

If Not Now, When?

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

A couple of days ago I received a surprise message through a business app from a former work colleague.

blogging, first world problems, GenX, inspiration, mental health, midlife, momlife, perimenopause, Women issues52 Comments

Old and ugly

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Writer of Words, etc

Something has been percolating in my brain for a while, but I couldn’t find the words to talk about it on a public forum until today. Perhaps I will find the words if I simply type them into the keyboard.

It began with a syndicated episode of The Big Bang Theory. I see the scene in front of me but I can’t find it when I google it. It’s not so much the scene that made an impression anyway, it’s the phrase.

This is how I remember it (paraphrased):