by Francie | Aug 23, 2017 | Age
At age 50 comes an invitation to own a shiny red AARP card, party hardy for a night and The Cha-Cha Check, aka, colonoscopy. “Cha-cha” is a cutesy euphemism my sister used for her hospital job for delicate parts and I rather like it in this delicate situation. Yes, in...
by Francie | Feb 24, 2016 | Age, Fashion, Over 50 Freak Outs
Don’t buy cheap mascara. If you do, you could look like Courtney Love from her 1993 album cover Live Through This, as pictured above. I was Courtney for Halloween one year. I did it up with an empty pill bottle in my pocket, tiarra, smeared red lipstick and black...
by Francie | Jul 17, 2014 | Age, Medical
For about a week, I had a “smudge” at the corner of my left eye. All I wanted to do was clean my glasses or my contacts but the smudge didn’t go away. I kept thinking of a photo a stranger took of my husband, my 14-month-old and me in front of the Louvre in 1999, his...
by Francie | Apr 16, 2014 | Age, Celebrities, Friends
I have a new BFF. She is old enough to be my mom but looks after me more like a grandmother. She can do things for me and I don’t get mad; I’m honored. She seems taken with me and I with her. She likes the same things I do, like MAC lipstick and Brooks running...
by Francie | Oct 17, 2013 | Age, Celebrities, Fitness
I’m in a hurry, a lot. I think most of society is in a hurry too. I am in good company being in a rush until I cross paths with a leisurely type, then I grow agitated. It’s always an individual, slow people are never in packs. Usually it’s someone analyzing each...
by Francie | Jul 31, 2013 | Age, Family, Tech Rants
My bedside lamp needed brightening up. For years, I’ve been reading in the shadows, as if by candlelight. We are an energy-conscious family so our house is packed with compact light bulbs. If I’m smarter than a new-age light bulb, I switch on the lamp while I brush my...
