Tag Archives | middle aged

My Womb, Gadzooks!

I am apparently in my menopause – a little early, and until recently, I just thought I’d been in a really bad mood for 10 months. But this menopause has definitiely stepped up a gear. I believe I could cope with the tiredness, the desire for an afternoon nap, the hairs that are sprouting overnight [...]

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more on carrots…

I am doing very well on my possibly pitiful – but undeniably earnest – new years resolution to eat at least 60% of the carrots I buy; so far this week: Carrots bought: 3; Carrots eaten: 3. I’m so impressed with myself that I bought 6 more carrots today – I hope I’m not biting [...]

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Shedding the Past

In what world does a garden shed represent the unlikely synthesis of ideas from two 20th century feminist writers: Virginia Woolf and Betty Friedan? Why in my world of course. But it’s not completely fanciful; I have objectively verifiable evidence in that at least 3 of my friends on the cusp of middle age are [...]

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