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The holidays are here, and it’s one of the few times of the year that gives us permission to elevate our style. Years ago, my friend and iconic makeup artist, Sandy Linter, told me, “Less is less.” Sandy was referring to many women of a certain age who stop wearing makeup and no longer make

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If I were to write a back-to-school paper about how I spent my summer vacation, it would chronicle my relentless

With over 24,000 followers on Instagram, Beth Djalali, the style blogger behind the popular Style at a Certain Age and

Before her three-month-old daughter, Greta, was diagnosed with a rare cancer, Maggie used to turn away from stories about children

Perhaps Ramborella should be one of the definitions of “woman.” Ramborella is a woman who goes to great lengths to

Two weeks ago I had an epiphany. A BIG one. Driving home from dinner with my girlfriends in San Antonio,

This is going to sound a bit odd, but I’ve had a longterm crush on an inanimate object. I don’t

When most of us think of the word “patina,” we think of the way time has caressed a building or

I’m ready for a laid-back weekend, snuggling with Sam and Molly, watching Netflix and fixing something to eat that takes
Meet Linda Taphorn and the Stand Up to Cancer clinical trial that's enabling her to survive metastatic melanoma.

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Like Boomers everywhere, Brenda Coffee struggles to downsize and yet find an affordable place to live.

I’ve never liked my thighs. On a good day they’re like rocky road ice cream, the appropriate mix of hard

I’ve progressed through the grieving phase and have moved from devastated to angry! I’ve been waiting for almost a year

I. Love. Music. My personal music playlist has 15 hours of everything from the late, Chicago, blues musician, singer/songwriter, Little

This week KatherinesCorner.com, a popular site that gives bloggers an opportunity to network with one another, asked me to share

Booker’s toupee was an exaggerated version of Frankie Avalon’s pompadour in the 60’s film, Beach Blanket Bingo. It was an

The other day I had lunch with a dear friend I’ve known since college. He and my first husband and

I know an extraordinary amount of things most people would find trivial, boring or shocking. For instance, I can discuss