The newest FASHION FLASH is here–and hosted by nononsensebeautyblog! Together, the fab women of FASHION FLASH are ready to give you all the latest information and tips on health, beauty, fashion, skin care, fitness and everything you need to know THIS WEEK to simply look and feel your absolute best. Here’s the scoop: (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘The Best of Everything After 50’
What Are We Teaching Our Daughters? A Lesson For All Ages
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
I am raising my daughters to be proud feminists: people who believe in equality for all regardless of gender, race, religion, politics, nationality or sexual orientation. Therefore, it came as no surprise when my daughter, a college freshman, enrolled in a “Women and Gender Studies” class this spring.
This morning, she forwarded a video, explaining that it was required viewing for her class.
FASHION FLASH!
Sunday, April 28th, 2013Enjoy this weeks’ FASHION FLASH, hosted by the fantastic website, www.agingbackwards.com! As always, Fashion Flash features some of the best beauty, health, fitness and style blogs on the web! Click here to plug in!
My Blue Period
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
I’ve always been a bit of a late bloomer and never once have I referred to myself as an early adopter. Trends and . . . well . . . just about everything . . . need to grow on me–sometimes quite slowly–before they “take.”
That’s why I’m only now wearing blue nail polish. (more…)
Break Free From Breaking Bones . . . for Life
Friday, April 19th, 2013
There’s a silent and stealthy disease you may not even know you have… until you fall.
A new study, “The 2010 Burden of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass among Residents of the U.S. Age 50 and Older,” released by the National Osteoporosis Foundation during its annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis reveals that the prevalence of low bone density and the risk of breaking a bone are far greater among people over 50 than previously realized. (more…)
8 Numbers You Need to Know . . . for Life
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Hi. My name is Barbara and I’m 56.
Is this meaningful to you? More importantly, is it meaningful to me? My age, I mean. Should this number have any impact on how you view me, or how I view myself? In the ideal world, it would not. You would throw me in the same box along with everyone else and look at me through the same lens.
But, our world is imperfect, filled with all kinds of complicated and unfair ways to measure a person’s skills, talents, character, abilities, and worth. Age is just one aspect of the human measurement stick. (more…)