To the woman who opened her arms to me…
There’s a particular kind of woman who heads a family and you only really see her properly once she’s gone. Mal’s mum died on the 26th of May. Her name was Delia, Delia Mary Garnett, born O’Connor in...
View ArticleThe things we leave unsaid
I’m not yet up to writing one of my usual posts. I’m aware that quite a few new readers have found this blog through Instagram recently, so to you, I apologise and hope you understand that life events...
View ArticleBuy Well, Style Well, Travel Well: This Season’s Sale Edit and a Reader Trip...
Time for some retail therapy and some reader events to look forward to. Now that we’re back at our desks and in a position to start planning again, I’m delighted to announce a reader trip that we’ve...
View ArticleA new way to travel – a midlife sailing holiday
Five days on a boat with people we’d never metYou might remember that two years ago I went sailing in Thailand on a women-only trip. I spent a week on a catamaran with strangers, learning what it’s...
View ArticleHow to stay slim in menopause – my method
How to stay slim through menopause – my method Since I started sharing how I’ve changed things up during my fifties on Instagram, one question has come up more than any other. How have you stayed...
View ArticleAG1 review, summer books and a try-on: a midsummer cornucopia
I’m delighted to say that it’s finally hot and sunny in our part of the North West. I suspect it’s down to me and the fact that I’d given up on the sun ever appearing so I’d started ordering clothes...
View ArticleMidlife Lately – the twists and turns
As I said last week, it’s time for a midlife lately catch-up because we haven’t had one since April although of course you know what’s been going on. And so I’ve had a look through my camera roll at...
View ArticleGoing where joy lives. Deliberately.
We all have times like the one I’m living through now where the long-awaited freeway of summer turns into more of a twisting path. By the time you reach midlife you’ve had a few of them… which makes it...
View ArticleMidlife cornucopia: a beauty steal, moments, supermarket finds and last of...
You know when you phone a friend and ask her what she’s been up to and she says, ‘not much’? Well it’s a bit like that here today. It’s about to change, I have a busy time coming up but for now I’m in...
View ArticleOn not rushing summer
Sometimes, in a strange way, it’s worth going through a tough time just to get to the point where you feel it lifting isn’t it? I’ve had a rush of joy returning this week and so I’ve been deliberately...
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