Annd He’s Off …..
Midlife Musings – the last one off to college!
Midriff Muse
Midlife Musings, Midriff Expansion (weight gain), Chronicles of Midlife Coming of Age and a few other things
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Eeeeeeeeeek! O’Connor’s on a Plane
Midlife Musings – family of adult siblings travel to Sedona, Arizona for sister’s wedding.
Why Can’t We All Just Get A Thong?
Because it’s not a good idea and I’ll tell you why. Some of you have read my previous musings on this subject. I’m asking you to stay with me while I fill in the newcomers and then I will broaden the scope, so to speak.
Several years ago, my daughters convinced me to try wearing a [...]
If $ Were no Object
Sometimes I like to daydream about what amenities I would bring into my life if money were not an object. I’m not talking about a “if I won the lottery, I would create a charity, pay off my friends’ mortgages, build a hotel just for homeless people, take my entire extended family to Disney World, [...]
Gingerbread Toilet
This was actually written in July of 06. Recent events have brought it to mind so I have decided to share this previously unpublished musing.
When I run, I get flushed. When a toilet gets flushed, it is not supposed to run. It is supposed to fall silent, after a brief interval: there should be no [...]
Blue Streak Talking
My friend, Jean, and I got together for a movie this past Thursday. This was good for several of reasons: we haven’t seen each other since before Christmas, we would be able to get one of the Oscar nominees knocked off our list, and we would be able to have coffee and catch up [...]
Midlife Musings #2008z – Going to Greater Lengths
Okay, I am going to be expounding on the topic of hair again. The fact is that my midriff and my body hair are my two biggest growth industries, so they provide a lot of material. What follows here was written as an addendum to the “Exceeding Hairline” piece. And since I have previously connected [...]
Midlife Musings #11221963 – Kennedy
A week ago last Monday, I went in for my semi-annual, get – it – done – really – good – by – a – professional, hair coloring (I bet you thought I was going to say something like mammogram or colonoscopy didn’t you?) My stylist had a new assistant observing that day, a [...]
Midlife Musings #2004a – Politics and Hair
With a nod to Keith Olbermann (The Nexus of Politics and Terror), I am going to publish another piece from my book here. I wrote it sometime after the 2004 presidential election, but well before the announcement of Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency in 2008. The writing is primarily about facial hair growth, but [...]
Midlife Musings #1 – Midriff
Where it all Begins
In June of 2003, I wrote a piece explaining why I was going to title a book: Musings from the Midriff at Midlife, which became the first piece in the book. (A brief aside here: I used the underline method to signify my book title, but I wonder if that is [...]