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I’m with Helen Mirren. I had been coloring my hair to hide grays since my 20s and it was getting harder and harder to keep up with it. In late 2020, I decided to see how the grays would come in- if it looked terrible, I’d go back to dyeing my hair. I was 45 at the time. My hair is… Read More

I use a regular old-fashioned paper planner. I also have notebooks for meeting notes. I had a boss- younger than me- that laughed about writing notes instead of lugging my laptop to meetings to type notes.

I had my cat Roxy for a couple of years when my other cat Helio “Cat”stroneves (named after the Indy driver Helio Castroneves). Naturally, when I got another cat, I named him Eggsy. Now I have Eggsy and Roxy, the Kingsman Kitties.

Since my late 30s, I’ve developed asthma, started gaining weight in my belly (which was never an issue), had ongoing dental issues and my migraines have gotten worse. It’s only within the last four months that my periods have stopped and the awful night sweats have started. I do hope… Read More

The Dog House is awesome- I end up binging a season in one day.

I recently visited Scotland- stayed in Edinburgh for a week, but took three day-long bus trips- to Loch Ness, Loch Lomond/Stirling Castle and St. Andrews. I would go back in a heartbeat. I loved the castles. The views, especially from Edinburgh Castle, are fantastic.

I knew within half a day at a new job at a university I made a mistake and immediately starting looking for a new job. They had every minute of every day planned for me, down to when I could eat lunch. It took about six months to find a new job (and when I gave my notice, I was told… Read More

This is from the days before screenshots existed. I had one of the world’s worst bosses. She wanted everyone to eat lunch together every day, and she would sit at the table with her head buried in the newspaper. If the conversation turned non-business, she would get mad- and if you… Read More

I met Patti LaBelle years ago when she received an honorary degree from the university I worked for. I was in the waiting area for dignitaries and honorees when she came in, looked at my feet and said “I love your toe color!” (my toenails were painted light blue). It was so unexpected… Read More