Month: August 2025

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUES

Crying actually helps your eye lashes grow, according to an old wives’ tale. Maybe that was why I was awash in tears on the morning of my birthday. My eyelashes had been thinning lately and perhaps the condition instinctively sent signals to my body’s cells to move into repair mode? Science says that is probably … Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUES

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RETAIL RESTRAINT

My summer challenge is in fact a new discipline. The practice of retail restraint, to be specific. It was initiated, first and foremost, to simply see if I could.  And if I could, then I might also dispel the characterization of me by a brilliant friend who thought that I, perhaps, had a “consumption” issue. … Continue reading RETAIL RESTRAINT