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Can I have...with that?

Been to a dinner party lately where all your companions have food requests? The Thanksgiving cartoon in New Yorker reminded me of the...

In my next life, I'm a French woman!

What is it about French women? It doesn't matter where they are, what they're doing or who they're with - from supermarket shopping to...

Bring on sun, sand, water, cocktails, sunsets...

I am sure I'm not the only person who is desperate for 2021 to end. Nor am I the only person, I suspect, who can't wait to flop on the...

And the lipstick is still too bright...

Australian Seniors has published a recently-conducted survey about ageism and guess what? Surprise, surprise! Many older Australians have...

Love a little caftan

A Sydney Morning Herald story today talks about Jennifer Coolidge - Legally Blond, 2 Broke Girls - wearing countless voluminous sequinned...

Best yarns for a rainy day

One of my addictions is reading...give me a good book and I can curl up for hours on end absorbed by great tales and mysterious...

Need inspiration? Courage and hard work are key!

It is really hard to feel inspired when you're in lock-down, its winter and rainy, you've applied for dozens of jobs without success and...

Have your cake and eat it too...after 50!

Is there such a thing after 50? Well, sort of but not really... Just about everything you read, listen to or watch tells us that after...

So we're old after 50????

A story published in the Australian Financial Review today revealed that a survey of more than 600 business leaders by the Human Rights...

The Best of Gossip Girl merged with Downton Abbey!

It's Netflix' latest hit and EVERYONE is talking about it...it's got old-world glamour, sex, romance, mystery, gorgeous men and women -...

Consciously uncoupling - Covid takes its toll

Photo by Zoriana Stakhniv on Unsplash According to the latest stats, the number of people divorcing as a result of the...

It's all about a Bulgari watch

So, this week in Australia, a very well-credentialed, experienced and accomplished female CEO has been questioned by Senate estimates...

Unlucky in love...who hasn't been there?????

There's not a woman on the planet who this week has not felt for the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Imagine having your entire...

Sun, palm trees, cocktails and sleep

I have been fortunate to spend the past few weeks in sunny Far North Queensland, having driven up here from Sydney prior to the Covid-19...

Comfort in the workplace at long last - sneakers reign!

My grandmother used to tell me that in difficult times one should always look for a silver lining and I think I've found one for...

Tweaking your skill set to the post-Covid employment world

Much has been written in the past three months about the possibility of serious unemployment and under-employment for over 50s as more...

If I can do it, anyone can...

If someone had told me a decade ago, that I would summit Mt Kilimanjaro at the age of 55 or trek to Everest Base Camp at 57, I probably...

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