We all have times like the one I'm living through now where the long-awaited freeway of summer turns into more of a twisting path. By the time you reach midlife you've had a few of them... which makes it easier in one way because you can be confident that there's a smoother surface somewhere, further round the corner. However you're also aware that misfortune will rear its discomfiting head again and so I'm noticing that as we grow older [...]
As I said last week, it's time for a midlife lately catch-up because we haven't had one since April although of course you know what's been going on. And so I've had a look through my camera roll at the pictures we snap here and there and it's telling - because you don't take them when times aren't good do you? And if I were creating a piece of art there would probably be something really symbolic that I [...]
I'm delighted to say that it's finally hot and sunny in our part of the North West. I suspect it's down to me and the fact that I'd given up on the sun ever appearing so I'd started ordering clothes for the chilly days we've been having. And have you noticed how many brands are fast-tracking into autumn (or Pre-Fall as the Americanisation creeps in) with their latest drops? The heatwave's given faster sell-through on summer [...]
How to stay slim through menopause - my method Since I started sharing how I've changed things up during my fifties on Instagram, one question has come up more than any other. How have you stayed relatively slim through menopause? I know some of you will have seen the information I shared over there but others won't and it's had such a big response that I thought it was worth talking about here too. I'll start by saying though [...]
Five days on a boat with people we'd never met You might remember that two years ago I went sailing in Thailand on a women-only trip. I spent a week on a catamaran with strangers, learning what it's like to discover a new destination from the perspective of its coastline. The one thing missing the whole time was Mal. I kept noticing things I wanted to show him and so at the back of my [...]
