40 doesn’t feel old to me like I always thought it would. Except for a few things:

• This year’s bumper crop of gray hairs.
• The cracking joints – occurring during any and all movements, where they used to be limited to things like deep squats. I sound like bubble wrap. My husband calls me “Creaks.”
• The number of “when I was a kid” stories I find myself telling the young people. Read the rest of this entry »

Fact: Old ladies love free food samples. Actually, it doesn’t have to be food. They’ll take anything that’s free, including those stinky soap samples they hand out outside Sabon. You can always use more soap!  But they like food the best.

Is it a fixed income thing? A scarcity mentality left over from the Great Depression? No, I think it’s a natural part of aging.  Maybe something that you can ward off with lots of broccoli and salmon. But for these people, too late. Read the rest of this entry »