This can’t be what she meant by “leaning in.” Sheryl Sandberg has a high-pressure job, one she said she couldn’t do without the help of her husband. Unfortunately, David died suddenly at the age of 47.
The Cruel Irony of Sheryl Sandberg’s Widowhood
Dying for a Perfect Manicure
If you’re around my age or older, you remember when getting a manicure was the province of fancy women. [Read more…]
Help Me Write This Sex Scene
A couple days ago, my writing group gave me a ration of crap. They started out nice, and then they got pornographic. [Read more…]
Too Old for Makeup?
Not Mom.
When Mom reached her seventies, she’d ask me to do her eye makeup for her if she was going anywhere fancy. Now at 89, she doesn’t wear it. The skin around her eyes is too delicate to hold it.
Does anybody care or notice? [Read more…]
Revisiting the F*** It List
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, also called the Nerd Prom, President Obama finally caught up. [Read more…]
Going Gray is Personal Freedom
When I showed my DIL my gray roots, now about two inches, she thought I was brave. She said, a bit wistfully, that her mother still colored her hair, and I thought about the going-gray-divide. [Read more…]
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