We all know that life isn't fair. I think we learn that when we're still young, and the examples keep piling up. For instance, have you ever been in a public restroom stall, and just finishing your business, when the toilet paper falls off the spindle and rolls under the door? Not fair! Or, you're
Diet Day 0. It's the Sunday before my personal D-Day, the Monday on which I have vowed to begin a Diet. I had not made this a New Year's resolution despite the fact that I have noted some new fat cells ganging up around my middle. Cut yourself some slack, I told myself. Body positivity
It has recently come to my attention that my fashion image is in serious need of a makeover. My entire wardrobe, which I believed to be tasteful and age-appropriate, is, in fact, quite boring. And boring is not the look for which I was striving. This dismaying, and no doubt, costly, epiphany dawned via a
Mirror, mirror in the store You made me look like a size four But in my home what did I see? A plus-size looking back at me! Please forgive my corny rhyme, but I'm pretty sure this is the question that the Wicked Queen would be posing to her magic mirror if she and Snow
It's June, the month of transitions: summer arrives, weddings abound, and of course, there are the graduations. And this June, the oldest of my three geographically closest grandchildren is among those who are moving on. No, I'm not shopping for a wedding dress. Not quite yet. It's simply a middle school graduation. In September she'll
Each spring, when I fly north from Florida with the rest of my Snowbird flock, I look forward to becoming reacquainted with the small-ish town where I alight in order to escape the sultry Florida summers. I'm always curious to discover which establishments remain precisely where I left them last fall, which have closed up
Listen! That long sigh of relief you just heard was me, Susie Snowbird, recovering from another transition from south to north. Needless to say, all that intense concentration on what to take and what to leave behind has left me little time to write. So I apologize for reposting, but the essay below,
Interviewed by Australia's Diana Todd-Banks, April 5, 2018
So when is it safe to eat salad again? That’s the question on the lips of every diet-conscious woman in America. Which means almost every woman in America. Based on a warning issued about ten days ago by the Centers for Disease Control, romaine lettuce is the latest casualty on the healthy-eating food chain. The
Spring break in Connecticut means a visit from the grandkids to South Florida. Just completed a wonderful week of swimming, shopping, general chaos, and taste-testing every ice cream parlor in Palm Beach County. No time for a new essay, so I’m reposting. With my repaired left shoulder ready and able to do my
