How are you feeling today?

Really?

Take a minute to check in with yourself. Are you doing okay? That's something I I've been asking myself lately. 

If your answer is no, I totally get it.

We're al...

You know what?

Your body is not uniquely weird.

And even if our bodies aren't what they once were - they carry our hearts and souls. 

You are not a size, you are a shape. Sure, you can tone and tri...

We have to value ourselves not for what we look like or the things we possess 
but for the women we are.

~Maya Angelou

My mother. An immigrant. The epitome of grace and grit. A young widow who gave u...

I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.

~Mitch Albom

The mother/daughter bond is complex and it changes with each stage of life. Over the pass...

I'm two finger typing. 

Normally I'm a fast typist. I credit that to my years of musical training on the accordion. (To be clear it wasn't my choice, I wanted piano lessons. I have German heritage an...

I think that playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.
~Kate Spade

Growing up, back-to-school was a big deal for me. I got new clothes and new school supplies!

(Who doesn't love a new...

If shopping doesn't make you happy, then you're in the wrong shop.

~Mimosa Rose

I don’t like shopping. I like buying.

It’s not about the hunting it’s about the gathering. In my many years in the fa...

Amanda confided "I haven't felt *pretty* since the lockdown, I'm losing my mojo and my stay-at-home-style is schlumpy."

Catherine is currently doing a closet edit. She's bemoaned the fact that she ca...

It’s not about seducing men, it’s about embracing womanhood.

~Dita Von Teese

My granddaughter Zoë, just two and recently potty trained, started to hop around at the mall as if she was dancing on a b...

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer
It sings because it has a song.

~Maya Angelou 

If you've read Wear Your Life Well you know I have some opinions about being authentic and knowing that you...

There's nothing about the Spring 2020 fashion scene that's typical. Come to think of it (sigh) so far there's been nothing typical about 2020 at all.

Some clothing stores and malls are slated to reop...

I need to social distance myself from my refrigerator so I can flatten my curve.

~Facebook

Yes, I've gained weight.

No, I don't know how much. I haven't summoned the courage to step onto a scale, j...