Tag Archives: aging

Do You Know Who You Look Like?

Posted on August 28, 2023 by catnipkiss

People have the urge to label others, and one form of this labeling is comparing you to a celebrity. Continue reading →

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The Age of Sensible Shoes

Posted on November 15, 2017 by catnipkiss

I’m no Carrie Bradshaw, but I do love shoes. And I even enjoy shoe shopping. Or at least I used to. But this weekend I realized that I have reached a new low, literally, in my shoe wearing career. Is … Continue reading →

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On Love (or Happy New Year – in August!)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by catnipkiss

Note: while editing my memoir – or avoiding it – I was scrolling through blogs I’d written.  I wrote this one on New Years and somehow neglected to post it.  Better late than never, right!  Happy New Year, friends! Love, … Continue reading →

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THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AUNT FLO

Posted on May 1, 2015 by catnipkiss

WARNING: Squeamish men, don’t read. It’s mostly metaphor, but still… only read if you are interested in what women go through. Aunt Flo has changed her ways. She has been visiting me very regularly since I was fourteen. She didn’t … Continue reading →

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SULLEN IN SEATTLE

Posted on March 8, 2015 by catnipkiss

I’m In Seattle for a weekend with my kids.  Well, not kids, exactly.  My daughters are young adults, 22 and 23 years old.  Tonight, my older daughter Emily heard from an old friend she knows from theater who invited us … Continue reading →

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Travel Envy

Posted on September 13, 2013 by catnipkiss

When I got back from my last trip – all of June in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Bali – I came home to a garden in need of tending, and another short trip (to visit my daughter in Washington state) … Continue reading →

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Where the Hell is Spring?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by catnipkiss

I must confess, I am ready for spring.  It’s May. It’s snowing. I grew up here, surely I should remember (from 40 years ago, and not counting any effects of global warming.?)  I turned my outdoor water on a few weeks … Continue reading →

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THE CHICKEN ATTEMPTS TO FLY – AGAIN!

Posted on April 2, 2013 by catnipkiss

I walk around my house, a house I love.  I have filled it with memories from my travels – in my room are 4 canvas photos (Costa Rica, Peru, Spain, Morocco).  A camel bone mirror is on my wall, a … Continue reading →

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Tiger Too….

Posted on March 3, 2013 by catnipkiss

List of things to do this summer:  Have a deeply spiritual and life-changing experience while traveling Return home and volunteer again at Wanderlust, where I hope to have a deeply spiritual experience. Work on making my yard into a walking … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Aging (or This is Getting Old)

Posted on March 12, 2012 by catnipkiss

Happy birthday to me, feliz cumpeanos a mi!  I love the birthday greetings I have gotten on Facebook today.  But I have noticed a trend:  some of the men have wished me happy twenty five, happy thirty nine… wink, wink.  … Continue reading →

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