Really well when you share a room with a bathroom WITHOUT A DOOR! In fact, a bathroom with ONLY ONE WALL! Yep. Toilet and sink behind half a wall and a flimsy rice paper blind. Oprah and Dr. Oz are always talking about the perfect “poop” but trust me, they’d be worrying about more than [...]

…with his hearing aids! It’s like he’s been hit with shrapnel the way he suddenly rips them out of his ears and flings them onto the closest piece of furniture. “Can’t hear a thing with these things,” he grunts. I’m sure anyone with parents in their “golden years” can relate. Which brings me to this [...]

It’s not that I’m afraid of needles. I’m just not a big fan of having anything injected into my body. As a healthy 48-year-old woman, I figure I can fight the germs off. But this past summer I had a nasty flu that knocked me flat. Wrapped in a blanket shivering on the couch while [...]

I have a confession to make: I was once a “cougar.” As an older woman who dated younger men, I never let the term cougar bother me. I didn’t have a problem dating younger men. If someone else did, well, I guess that was their problem. Perhaps they were jealous? Who knows. However, I am [...]

Job hunting is no joy when you’re over 40.  In the July 2009 issue of Chatelaine, actress Mary Louise Parker (Fried Green Tomatoes, one of my favourite movies, and the hit TV show, Weeds) says, “I’m not optimistic that there are going to be good roles for older women. I don’t think people are rushing [...]

Scammers seep into every crevice of society including online dating sites. Spotting one of these pros may not be as easy as you think. If it’s too good to be true…it probably is! Savvy meets Suave I have a friend who’s a savvy, attractive businesswoman in her early 50’s. Moving on from an ugly divorce, [...]