• Blog Posts From The Edge

    How a handful of bloggers have restored my faith in humanity and may do the same for you. As a small girl, I was known as the sensitive one in the family, as my Ma proclaimed, “Your bladder’s near your eye.” It seems the older I get, the more I think I’m just too sensitive…

  • Time and Beautiful Things.

    Time and Beautiful Things.

    Years ago, when my days were spent in the difficult and sad caring for Alyce, I developed a love of beautiful things….make-up, a thousand shades of lipstick, flowers–orchids to be exact — whose blossoms always surprise like Lazarus’ return from the Dead. I couldn’t resist scented lotions, or the morning ritual of bird song and…

  • Five reasons not to move to Hawaii

    I’ve thought a lot over the past seven years of living in Hawaii about telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about living here. Saying out loud what I am about to say is sort of taboo. Why, I don’t know. But, it appears to be. Maybe, because the islands are…

  • The NuFace Fix -Why every Baby Boomer needs one.

    Several years ago, I underwent a cardiac ablation* procedure that changed my life for the better. Little did I know, that this amazing technology is a distant cousin of an at home beauty tool I use on a regular basis: Microcurrent technology! NuFACE, founded in 2005, by CEO Tera Peterson after prototyping the product in…

  • OMG, this is sooooo awesome!

                   Is it me, or has the pandemic turned you life into utter chaos, where you seem to have lost all the organizational skills you ever had?  Well, I just got this in the mail yesterday and it made my heart sing for joy!  It is every oil girls…

  • Is Marketing to Older Women Bad for Self-Esteem?

    Is Marketing to Older Women Bad for Self-Esteem?

    VoxBox Review of L’Oreal Age Perfect Cell Renewal Rosy Tone Due   Why marketing to older women kinda blows: As I get older, I kinda hate the way companies market to us.  Wrapped in a pretty box, with metallic and rosy shades, the words jump out at me.  “VISIBLY YOUNGER LOOKING SKIN.  FOR MATURE, DULL…

  • I’m certifiable, LOL!

    I’m certifiable, LOL!

    While my motto may be, “A Little powder, little paint, makes a lady what she ain’t,” my wellness journey is about the use of these incredibly powerful oils and their ability to make you what you want to be, healthy, strong, resilient, empowered.  They support my wellness journey and my emotional well being.  They are…

  • RAFFLE WINNER!

    Just a quick announcement that Didi of “Didi’s Not So Secret Diary” Blog has WON the raffle.  CONGRATS DIDI!