Author Archive: Nancy
What It Looks Like
In my last post, I described a fictitious (but totally plausible) conversation of younger women’s view of older women. Their view: Old women are OLD. But it’s perfectly natural. When I was ten, someone twenty was old. And then forty seemed really old when I was twenty. And although I abhor those women I wrote …
Age-Appropriate
I noticed over the last year or so that my favorite catalogs have changed. Or perhaps I have. There are two retailers in particular where I used to buy almost all my clothes. They were stylish but age-appropriate. What I used to call “Classic with a side of Funk.” But I have been gradually and …
Row Row Row Your Boat
This Sunday, my husband and I took advantage of the nice weather to take our little rubber boat out to the local lake to paddle around. I never know exactly how much makeup to wear on occasions like this. Certainly I need a little blush over my sunscreen. And a touch of lipgloss. But then …
Yo-Ho-Ho
This week my husband and I took our annual micro-vacation. Neither of us likes to be away from home too long – for me, because I can’t bear to be without all my clothes and makeup and hair products, and for him, because he is afraid the pets will pine for him. Sure enough, I …
Public Service Announcement
In honor of blueberry season – we’ve been picking for three weeks and our big freezer is almost full – I am re-posting last year’s Public Service Announcement. BLUEBERRY PICKING RULES I went blueberry picking today. Late-season, late-in-the-afternoon is just the way I love it. The air is still, the rows of bushes straight …
The Athlete In Me
A while back, I had a discussion with some friends about Rich People. And yes, you need to capitalize Rich People because they are Special. Anyway, we were discussing the difference between Rich People and not-rich-people. Not the difference between Rich and poor – that’s obvious. But in these times when the average person has …
A New Best Day!
The best day of my life – February 9, 1964 – might just have been replaced! Fifty Years and Six Months later: HERE IT IS! I am an author! Really and Truly! My book is (finally!) for sale on Amazon: I have a cover! I have a back cover! I have a …
Best Morning Ever!
Back in February, I shared several of my favorite days, culminating of course with the best day of my life – so far, anyway – February 9, 1964. This week I remembered one very special morning. First, a little background. I spent much of my career at that bastion of testosterone, ESPN. If you are …
On The Job Training
I was commenting about work on a friend’s blog, when it occurred to me that I have been working for forty years. (And it would have been even longer except that I stretched out college for absolutely as long as my parents could stand.) Well, forty years of work life has provided me with some …
Man-Words
Over my 63 years, men have said some memorable things to me. So I present to you my Man-Word Awards! Best Pick-Up Line: I go all the way back to 1969 for this one, I was hanging around at the end of my summer job shift with some other teenagers, and I was wearing my …
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