Living Large

I love large format color photography.  If I could start over (or I would say reinvent but I'm not certain that I'm solidly enough of anything to switch to something else) I would get seriously […]

Lines Crossed

I know that "Blurred Lines" is a song, a very popular song, sung by Alan Thicke's son, but I don't know what it sounds like (though it's quite possible I've heard it inadvertently and not […]

Take a Picture…

…it lasts longer. This iPhone commercial always makes me suicidal (as a manner of speaking–don't call whichever service one contacts for such a situation) until it gets to the part where the kitten under the […]

41

I never thought I’d live to see the day where BuzzFeed ran a middle-aged list, but here it is, “20 Things New Yorkers Over 40 Did.” I haven’t done a lot of these things, actually. […]

Hot

I got antsy and opened a few birthday packages early. I asked my sister for books and she certainly delivered, though I'm racing against time to finish Life After Life before my Kindle check-out expires–I […]

Four Days Gone

Middle aged also means mammogram aged. I've known this abstractly for over 11 months, though it only rose to the forefront of my mind when being told to make my first appointment last week. (I […]

No Winning

When my hair was dark, my roots looked 80% silver. Now my hair is light (and lighter than two weeks ago–mostly just blonde now) and my roots look 80% black. A large part of the […]