DOR – I am too young to retire according to a new NYTIMES article. WHAT???!!! Our society wants us to work until we drop dead. Yeah? No? DAR – When my late husband, Michael, retired in his early 60’s so many people were aghast and asked him what he was ever going to do to … Continue reading READY TO RETIRE? Depends on what sex you are.
AKA PRICEY…. DOR – Dar, explain to me this phenomenon known as “quiet luxury.” I saw a TIK TOK video – of all people – the actor, George Hamilton explaining how his Loro Piano blazer sits silently on his fake-but fabulously-tanned frame, barely whispering it cost a fortune. What’s driving that, do you think? LOUD … Continue reading Quiet Luxury
Fashion Fail? DAR – What is going on with Kanye West’s wife? Her wardrobe (if you can call the barely there outfits a wardrobe) scream, “I am a sex slave/fashion muse of an ex Kardashian family member in Frankenstenian pursuit of an old Kim in a new Bianca.” DOR – First of all who amongst … Continue reading Dar & Dor Q & A
It was not a pretty sight, I can tell you that. A bit frightful as well, truth be told. But it provided a valuable lesson. And isn’t that the case with so many unfortunate happenings when you choose to be an optimist and take the good with the bad. It happened during my first kayaking … Continue reading A Cautionary Tale
An old friend used to say “Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.” And so, as we are all going to get older, and then, finally, old, we should really start preparing for our best older age now. If you’d like a preview into what that elder world could look like, just have an injury. It … Continue reading The 6 P’S
I am in the midst of tracking my life. Why? To make it a better life, of course.Engaging in the act of closely observing how I am now living and then springing into action to make corrections where needed. ‘It’s a good thing,” as Martha Stewart would say, and I highly recommend it. For instance, … Continue reading Habitual Happiness
If we all looked as magnificent as model Carmen Dell’Orefice, we would all go gray. But there is a huge part of me that thinks that she is an anomaly and that going gray is a little bit like giving up. Or, at least, giving in. For the life of me I cannot remember the … Continue reading Going Gray Or Giving Up?
I just spoke with a friend who said she had just walked 8 miles. Another who will say YES to almost anything that provides new experiences, like skydiving which she has enthusiastically done. Another friend speaks several languages and has decided to enhance her love of language and the arts by volunteering at a museum. … Continue reading The 2% Way
Just as ‘long covid’ symptoms still exist for some medical patients who developed the virus, so does the bad behavior that seemed to erupt during those first long months of deprivation and isolation. The pandemic revealed the underbelly of societal selfishness which was always hovering just below the surface of our world and has now … Continue reading INCIVILITY RULES
I’m a talker. So, working as a reporter for many years was a natural career choice for me. Soon enough though you learned that asking probing questions was only half the job. Ernest Hemingway described the second, more elusive requirement. “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Indeed. There is an art to … Continue reading THE GIFT OF GAB -Curing chaotic conversation
Burning Daylight 