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96 words – feeling old

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Feeling old is just in the mind, they say. It’s only a number, they say. Hormones, who needs ‘em? But. There’s always a but. You wouldn’t want to leap in unselfconsciously with your loose flapping skin and grey hair flying, would you? That would look ridiculous. Shameful. They don’t want wizening women sticking their beaky […]

Reframing specs appeal

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New glasses yesterday. They’re purple and I can see clearly* through them. (*insert music) It would be easy to write a(nother) post about how things change as time passes. You know? Night life is all about the right moment for giving in to the call of the PJs rather than the hall with the DJs. […]

All the things I’m not writing about this week

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My head is very full at the moment and there are dozens of things I want to write about. I’ve already forgotten some of the most brilliant ideas and the rest are getting fuzzier. I’d like to theorise more about mental load and how to unload. I want to write poetically about what happens when […]

Things you shouldn’t say to a menopausal woman

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Are you menopausal? No, it’s you. – In answer to: “Is it hot in here?” Shall I close the window? It doesn’t matter if it’s draughty, she opened it for a reason. Is it raining? Your hair is wet. You know perfectly well it hasn’t rained in weeks, this is sweat. My granny had the same […]

Why would you want to turn back time?

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We’re used to outlandish claims from the beauty industry, and of them making up problems and products to fix them. So many cosmetics companies (or, at least, their marketing chaps) like to suggest that their overpriced unguents will turn back time. Time travel, if you will, to younger days. Like a Tardis, I suppose, in […]