This blog was originally published on Fiftyisthenew.com You don’t know how happy you are that I didn’t post the blog I originally wrote titled “I Hate F#*@!-ing Menopause.” I remembered just in time that I’m supposed to embrace this era of transformation, of aging with grace, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. To be 100 percent honest, I don’t love growing old but I’ve made my peace with it. I’m even doing it au naturel—never tried Botox, stopped dyeing my hair, chucked Read More…

This blog was originally posted on Fifty is the New.   1. When you have an itch, scratch it. If something is nagging at you, insisting a certain person or circumstance just doesn’t feel right, go with it sooner than later. You’ll save yourself a lot of grief. Plus, your wallet may still be where you left it when you go to pay for your session with that shrink. 2. If you need to fart, just do it. If you Read More…

“I never knew how strong I was until now.” Anonymous Haitian a couple of months after the earthquake I say anonymous because I lost track of the emailed article I received months ago, which included one of my fellow countrymen reflecting on the earthquake and its impact on his life. Just before going to Haiti this past August, I spoke with my young niece just returned from her trip there. “How are people faring?” I asked her. To my surprise, Read More…

Originally published on Huffington Post, November, 2009 I love you, Lipstick. I hate you, Lipstick. I’m addicted to you. Without you I am much the same as when my computer crashes–stuck in a dry wasteland of lack. My junkie lips crave the moisture only you can provide. Bare lips no longer feel natural, but desperately in need of a lick instead. How did I get here? Oh, right. God gave me blah, gray-ish, uninspiring lips; the upper lip is darker Read More…

As we were headed back home from our first trip to Africa on January 12th, my native Haiti was suffering a devastating earthquake. What followed was a couple of months of sheer depression. In fact, I think most Haitians were clinically depressed for a time, while many still have a hard time dealing with the dire reports coming out of Haiti every day. I’m planning a trip there this summer so have not seen firsthand what is surely a cause Read More…