2023-11-02 19:22
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2023-09-30 21:44
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2023-09-04 20:23
Before falling (sic) into the Fall Fashion Report 2023, I want you to know that I receive no financial compensation for any of my blog posts, including the bi-yearly fashion reports.&n&hell…Read More
2023-08-25 21:31
A revised edition of my book Paths – A Primer for Ladies-of-a-Certain-Age. A Workbook for the Road Ahead is now available in paperback and hardcopy.
My book explores where lad… Read More
2023-08-02 15:41
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2023-07-01 18:01
The importance of daily exercise has been a hard concept for many ladies of a certain age to grasp, let alone accept. Major healthcare organizations such as The American Heart Association, T… Read More
2023-06-01 18:26
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2023-05-01 18:38
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2023-04-04 18:33
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2023-03-01 18:34
Yes, I’m coming out swinging in this Spring 2023 Fashion Report! And, yes, I am mad as H-E-Double Toothpick, ladies! The same disregard held for older women by the fashion indust… Read More
2023-02-03 16:04
I knew I was in trouble when I thought about getting my hair cut. After all, isn’t that what you do when you feel out of sorts? A new hairdo might be just the thing to get me out of th… Read More
2023-01-06 18:01
The month of January is named after the two-headed Roman god named Janus!
“What! How funny my little sister Janice Louise is truly a two-headed monster for sure,” my 8-year-ol… Read More
2022-12-01 14:04
Have you ever been aware of thoughts and sounds going around in your head just before waking up?
That’s what happened to me about a week ago. Thoughts and sounds of Christmas… Read More
2022-11-01 15:53
Here, in Western Colorado, we don’t have many pallid November days. After all, our terrain is defined as a “high-country desert.” We are known for our sunshine, glorious re… Read More
2022-10-07 02:02
Wow, have I been on a cleaning streak! It started when I was going through my closet for my last blog, The Ladies-of-a-Certain-Age Fall Fashion Report. Perhaps, you remember the… Read More
2022-09-02 20:33
Welcome to the Fall Fashion Report 2022 for Ladies-Of-A-Certain-Age!
I publish a fashion report in the spring and autumn because the fashion industry has forgotten about us, even t… Read More
2022-08-03 01:38
Over 100 degrees for 10 days or more, the only time for me to play pickleball and socialize with my friends is a ghastly early hour of the morn. That’s the situation most July an… Read More
2022-07-05 16:45
2022-07-01 23:36
What are your memories of July 4, Independence Day?
Until recently, as a child and an adult, I had many fond memories of this summer holiday.
-Skipping and dancing an… Read More
2022-06-01 23:03
I recently emailed my friend and asked her how she celebrated her birthday. Her response really touched me. “I had an ordinary day,” she wrote and then relayed she had been with… Read More
2022-05-06 01:59
A month ago, I got back home after completing a major bucket list item: I went to Greece to celebrate my 75th birthday. Yes, I had a spectacular time overall and will never forge… Read More
2022-04-06 23:05
This past February 25th, I was sitting at my kitchen table eating breakfast, drinking coffee, and preparing to write my daily “Dear Goddess” letter, a journal of sorts. Before I… Read More
2022-03-27 02:54
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2022-03-07 21:39
Welcome to the Spring Fashion Report 2022 for Ladies-Of-A-Certain-Age!
I publish a fashion report in the spring and autumn because the fashion industry has forgotten about us, even… Read More
2022-02-02 19:56
Are you feeling like you have lost a chunk of your life lately? Or, maybe like you have lost the zip in your step? Or, like you just don’t know what to do these days?
My answer to a… Read More
2022-01-08 19:50
Yeah! I got to visit with several old friends this holiday season. There is nothing like talking with a buddy. We covered lots of topics I only discuss with people I feel c… Read More
2021-12-08 01:25
A vibrant young woman, maybe age 30, sat next to me at a large dinner. She had traveled extensively throughout the world, lives in Mexico City, works at a nonprofit there, helping people bet… Read More
2021-11-02 18:32
“Have any of you had experience with ghosts? My friend Lisa has seen them at the Hotel Colorado.” Carol, our book club discussion leader asked at our review of Jodi Picoult… Read More
2021-10-08 18:05
Look out, Ladies! I’m going to drop the “F” word on you big time. No, not THE F WORD. I did not even know what that word meant until I was maybe 15. That was back in the da… Read More
2021-09-04 22:02
What would fashion be like this fall after such a confusing, crazy year? Would it reflect our pent-up demand to be seen and heard; or, perhaps reflect the subdued nature of being in our home… Read More
2021-08-02 00:55
Last month I could not get my 2016 Samsung Smart-TV to play a film I wanted to see for my movie club.
After exhausting remote control finger gymnastics, the movie’s name came up in… Read More
2021-07-14 18:31
I was looking forward to participating in the Zoom summer solstice commemoration with my friend Jyoti Wind. But, I emailed her and told her I didn’t know if I could participate S… Read More
2021-06-15 22:15
When I saw her last month, my heart raced, and my feet sprinted as I leaped to greet my old friend at Denver’s darling new coffee shop, located next to the botanic gardens.
As dear… Read More
2021-05-08 01:44
Since I’ve written this blog for almost ten years, I thought nothing would surprise me about the demographic I focused on: Ladies-of-a-certain-age.
Well, let me tell you, I was asto… Read More
2021-04-30 22:35
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2021-04-15 23:21
Entering a charming Mission-style furnished home set amongst an idyllic setting of mountains and blooming fruit trees, I heard my friend say, “Filling your bucket?” My brain scre… Read More
2021-03-11 20:04
“Spring always comes,” declares Clarrisa Pinklola Estes, Ph. D in “Women Who Run with the Wolves.”
Indeed, it has! At least here on the Western Slope of Colo… Read More
2021-02-12 21:43
The Universe wouldn’t leave me alone. I knew I had to do something about the story in my head to gain some peace. After all, February 2 was coming up. If I didn&rsquo&hell…Read More
2021-01-12 20:22
What were some of the ordinary things you were doing last January that seem so extraordinary now?
Fill in the blanks to these four questions:
1.I went to the grocery store_______
2… Read More
2020-12-10 21:23
Have you ever had a holiday season like this one?
If you have, you are the only person I know who has answered, “Yes.”
Generally, by this time, I am in the thick of the &ld&hell…Read More
2020-11-10 19:30
Are you finding it easy to get to sleep these days? Are you calm and confident that all is right in the world? Do you wake up rested and ready to go, or do you rise anxious and a… Read More
2020-10-13 15:14
In October, for many years, I would take myself on a personal retreat. I would go someplace in Colorado’s mountains and just be. The falling autumn leaves calmed me and helped me… Read More
2020-09-01 22:52
Recently I said to my friends, “Ladies, I don’t know about writing the fall fashion report. I think there is so much going on – the virus, hot weather, natural disast… Read More
2020-08-12 19:01
The eighty-year-old-woman bounded towards the chalkboard, grabbed a piece of chalk, and started making concentric circles.
&nbs… Read More
2020-07-11 20:14
“Will I have a purpose?”
What an ironic title for this my 100th ladies-of-a-certain-age blog, I have written since its inception in January, 2013.
Heck, yes, is the a… Read More
2020-06-11 21:20
“My house is me and I am It. My house is where I Want to be and it looks like all of my dreams” Daniel Pinkwater
Not every woman moves after they retire, but many do. T… Read More
2020-05-08 22:24
Money is the
subject of this month’s blog, corresponding to chapter four in my new book entitled, “Paths – A
Primer for Ladies-of-a-Certain Age,” tentatively to… Read More
2020-04-03 18:23
Recently I
announced I was writing a new book entitled, “Paths – A Primer for
Ladies-of-a-Certain Age,” tentatively to be published this autumn. The book is
starting to tak… Read More
2020-03-06 21:44
All talk and no action!
No, I am not talking about politicians.
I’m talking about the fashion industry.
Over and over again reviewing the latest spring fashion
trends fo… Read More
2020-02-07 00:39
Last month
I announced I was writing a new book entitled, “Paths – A Primer for
Ladies-of-a-Certain Age,” tentatively to be published this autumn. It occurred
to me after w… Read More
2020-01-07 18:47
Seven years ago, this blog popped into existence. The simple post was seven words long, “Hello World.” Several friends gallantly applauded my efforts in the comments… Read More
2019-12-09 20:34
I kid you not. Two angels came to me when I was writing my mystery, “Murder and Pink Blossoms.” Indeed they arrived the eleventh hour when I was about to toss the whole 3-year ef… Read More
2019-11-07 03:57
Have you told your kids about it? Did you explain it to your grandkids? Where were you? What did your family do for the holiday? What was your favorite part? What has changed since then?
A c… Read More
2019-10-13 19:09
This month, older women have prepared for the onslaught of winter probably since time began. We know dark days and deprivation are coming. We can feel it in our bones even now as our climate… Read More
2019-09-03 18:36
Heat. Climate change. Good grief, what do they have to do with fashion?
Well, ladies, ….
It was forecast to be 100 degrees the day I wrote this blog, Labor Day, in the western Colorad… Read More
2019-08-08 23:13
“Do you know about the beautiful broken Japanese pottery mended with gold?” a therapist friend of mine asked. “It is highly prized and very valuable. You know, it is like u… Read More
2019-07-04 02:36
Small, diminutive, petite, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gingsburg doesn’t strike me as a woman who burned her bra back in the 60s and 70s, demanding equality.
But, watching the… Read More
2019-06-08 22:47
“Have you ever been nightcrawler hunting, Henry?” I texted my 11-year-old grandson, who loves to fish.
He replied he hadn’t. So, I told him how to do it, especially since t… Read More
2019-05-11 02:25
My snowball bush is blooming. It is gorgeous.
Three years ago, when I walked into my house for the first time, the thing I remember most is this big blooming snowball bush framed in the larg… Read More
2019-04-17 21:46
The past month I have been privy to lots and lots of conversations about health.
In this blog I am going to share with you some of these conversations and some queries prefaced by the questi… Read More
2019-03-06 21:12
Never, ever did I think I would be a fashion reporter, but …… When I reached a certain age, like 50+, I became very confused about what to wear. After all, I never saw wo… Read More
2019-02-09 20:13
Last November, I wrote a blog entitled, “Don’t Give Up Your Power Just because you are a Lady-of-a-Certain Age”, where I talked about how important it was for me to take ca… Read More
2019-01-13 19:52
This past holiday season I received a priceless gift. On the package was a card that read:
To Elizabeth – “Look for the good and forget the bad”
Fr… Read More
2018-12-05 21:59
A week or so ago, I was “stewing in my juices” about the upcoming holiday season, the drama of families, and all the hate and injustice and contemptible language in this country… Read More
2018-11-16 19:38
No doubt about it! I am an old lady in America. I don’t like it one bit!
That’s the reason I started writing in 2013 a blog for those invisible, powerful, dynamic wom… Read More
2018-10-17 01:47
It’s October. It’s a scary time in America.
If ever the time was here for a strong wise older woman, it is now. In other cultures and in other times, ladies-of… Read More
2018-09-02 02:01
“What do you remember wearing in the 1980s?” I asked at least 10 of my friends. “Why are you asking me this?” was the common reply. (I’m sure they t… Read More
2018-08-18 21:52
“Elizabeth, why did you sign up for a workshop on time management?” I sarcastically asked myself as I parked my car. “You — the queen of time management –… Read More
2018-07-14 23:13
Elizabeth, I have something I wish you would write about in your blog, my new friend stated one day. I knew that she had recently lost her husband of many years and had moved to a new… Read More
2018-06-14 17:35
Wow! I just could not pass up this opportunity: I was invited by a friend to have a personal fitting from an expert of a well-known blue jean company at a shop on Main Street in my sma… Read More
2018-05-17 22:32
“What are you going to write about next, Elizabeth?” asked Linda at a dinner I attended Monday night. “Well, I am not sure. It seems like I have writer’s… Read More
2018-04-14 23:07
I was so looking forward to today because my hiking group was going to trek the Palisade Rim Trail, a rocky path hugging a mountain about one thousand feet above Palisade, Colorado. It… Read More
2018-03-08 15:51
When in doubt – ask! This is a slogan I learned “along the way” and decided to apply it before writing this blog. You see, I got to wondering if my readers &nda&hell…Read More
2018-02-11 18:17
I admit the only reason I did it was to save a little money! Never did I dream that I would be sharing my experience with you.
What did I do? I sat in front of my computer for fo… Read More
2018-01-10 22:53
“Come gather ’round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is w… Read More
2017-12-13 00:05
I am so amazed! I can’t tell you what a great start to my day it is each day when I hear Mickey Mouse – that’s right – the Mickey Mouse – say to me, &ldqu&hell…Read More
2017-11-13 18:07
Just picture this: In the balcony of a historic theater, eight screaming, gyrating ladies-of-a-certain age, whirling in the air above their heads, glow sticks, smiling, giggling, little kids… Read More
2017-10-15 18:59
(Note: While this blog focuses on one-level houses, I have tried to include information helpful to everyone whether you live in a multi-story house or a small apartment.)
One-level houses ar… Read More
2017-09-06 02:48
This year I am offering as part of this report a succinct summary of the current trends, followed by an in-depth review, a revealing representation of what’s in my closet, and a confes… Read More
2017-08-15 15:02
I pulled out my notebook full of notes from a seminar titled “New Challenges for Women Over 60″ I took five or so years ago at Denver’s Academy for Life-Long Learning… Read More
2017-07-12 18:31
Your money is???
Recently I met an insurance agent who told me she does special workshops for women on money management because so many of her clients are either ignorant of family or person… Read More
2017-06-13 20:43
A while ago, I received an email from a friend. She said she woke up that morning to the sound of a lawn mower, which triggered an amazing thought for her: what did she want to do for… Read More
2017-05-10 19:10
I’m back from Paris and had a grand time celebrating my 70th birthday with my oldest child, age 47, in this astonishing city.
But, traveling at 70 was not as easy for me as my first in… Read More
2017-04-06 22:23
Let’s start with the basics. No, I am not talking about a pair of black pants, black skirt, black jacket and a white blouse.
I am talking about why I write a fashion report for l… Read More
2017-03-11 19:28
“What you’re going through, Elizabeth is tough, and I am going to call you every day. I remember when I was going through my divorce a small group of friends called me ever… Read More
2017-02-10 03:21
It happened again last Tuesday. A group of friends at my house were celebrating the 81st birthday of our buddy. What do they talk about most??? Yep, “You-Know-Who”. (Also, know a… Read More
2017-01-09 18:12
It has nothing to do with eating, drinking or exercising.
I tried it last year, and it made a huge difference in my life. I am happier, calmer and enjoy life more.
My diet was developed by… Read More
2016-12-09 18:23
‘Tis true – Like dashing reindeer, a whole week of December has already flown by!
I came up with a list of ideas for my sanity at this time and thought they might be helpful to y… Read More
2016-11-07 18:54
I about chocked when my new friend “M” stated she was learning to celebrate when she had completed an important task on her “To Do” list. She and her husband ar… Read More
2016-10-12 18:33
“Sleep” is the word with the most entries in my gratitude journal.
Ever since I was a little girl, getting to sleep was not an easy thing for me. Now, as a lady-of-a-certai… Read More
2016-10-12 14:41
“Sleep” is the word with the most entries in my gratitude journal.
Ever since I was a little girl, getting to sleep was not an easy thing for me. Now, as a lady-of-a-certai… Read More
2016-09-03 22:37
Merriam Webster defines mishmash as “a confused mixture of things.”
I can’t think of a better word to describe the 2016 fall fashion trends.
Maybe the colors and combinatio… Read More
2016-08-05 20:49
As try as I might, my two adult daughters just have not upheld many of the traditions of my family. These traditions I have carefully stood sentry over for decades. I thought it… Read More
2016-07-08 00:07
“I never know what to cook. I eat out all the time. I know I don’t eat stuff that is good for me. I’m afraid I am going to be like my mother and just eat… Read More
2016-06-08 14:46
A couple of weeks ago, I realized I was “shoulding” on myself. This mental jabber occurred shortly after I made a major geographic move. Undoubtedly, it was caused by… Read More
2016-05-01 15:18
Well, I saw mine recently when I was making the turn from west Hamden Avenue to north University Boulevard in my hometown of Denver, Colorado. I was headed to the King Soopers shopping… Read More
2016-04-04 18:52
There is something cathartic about spring cleaning. My house just feels so much better and freer – if a house can sense freedom– when I do it. It’s a little emb… Read More
2016-03-09 20:25
The Good News: Two large retailers actually showed models with gray hair this year in their catalogs and web sites: Lands End and Chicos. I sent their web customer service… Read More
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