August 5th, 2022 | Personal
Can a Sexagenarian Be Sexy?
Two months ago, I turned 60, and next month I will be a grandmother. (My daughter Kate below) These two milestones have contributed to a minor identity crisis. I’d like…
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March 17th, 2022 | Personal
Throwing Stretch Under the Bus, Again
“I’m dedicating this weekend to making a digital photo album for all our wedding celebrations,” Stretch informs me. I don’t say anything. We’re driving to Old Greenwich in Connecticut. It’s…
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January 22nd, 2022 | Personal
Turning Sixty
I remember when I was a freshman in college, my boyfriend’s parents came to visit. His mother must have been in her late 50’s at best. She told me she…
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January 3rd, 2022 | Personal
My Quest for Fun
My father John Bowes and his childhood pal turned business partner John Rosekrans always seemed to be having a good time. I can remember Bowes and Rose, as they called…
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October 15th, 2021 | Personal
When Sexy is No Longer on the Brain….
It all happens on the five’s, not the zero’s,” my wise friend Stephanie was telling me on the phone. “All the attention is on the zero’s… The big 5-0, the…
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August 4th, 2021 | PersonalPlaces
Honeymoon Round II – Some Top Tips for the More Mature Traveler
Stretch and I have been married for just over two months, a good chunk of that time was spent on our extended honeymoon traveling together 24/7 through France, Spain and…
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July 2nd, 2021 | Personal
Marriage, Round II – A Month In and Still Going Strong
I’ve been married for a good month now and we’re still going strong—only a lifetime to go. When I got married the first time at twenty-five, a lifetime together seemed…
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May 12th, 2021 | Personal
Conscious Uncoupling – A Decade Later
I went for a stroll in my London hood before my flight back to America. It was a gorgeous day—the sky a cloudless Cerulean blue and the air warm and weightless…
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April 14th, 2021 | Personal
Julia, Class of 2021 – My Commencement Letter
I’m working on a toast for your graduation, I texted my youngest daughter Julia who is graduating from Duke University in about two weeks. I hate toasts, she replied. Write…
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March 31st, 2021 | Personal
Is Stretch My LeBron?
This morning as I was making my 2nd cup of coffee, I started to feel a bit peckish. I noticed there was only one banana on the kitchen counter. The…
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