Authors: Carleen Matts-Behrends and Lisa Shaffner Sohn Publisher: Wise Ink Creative Publishing Pages: 216 Category/Sub-Category: Women’s Biographies; Mid-Life Management; Parenting and Relationships “Oh, Starshine. We know. We know you. We know what you’re trying to pull off on four hours of sleep and a whole lot of dry shampoo.” –#EXTRAOrdinary
Joe
Oh thinkin’ about all our younger years There was only you and me We were young and wild and free —Heaven, Bryan Adams (1983) Here are some memories I thought I’d share on this Memorial Day. This is a picture of Joe, a young Cold War veteran. The picture was taken around 1987. Wasn’t he handsome? […]
40-Something
I remember when your face was covered with acne And the acne was covered with panstick. Max Factor, fair. You needed beige to avoid the line of demarcation. There was no distinction between Your ambition and love. They were the same. I was mischievous. I made a rope our of your 32A bras and hung […]
A Lifeboat for Friendships
Make Friendships Did you know the average American reports having only one true friend? Alia McKee and Tim Walker want to change that. They’re a couple of Gen-Xers who recognized the sweeping implications of the mid-life friend slump. They decided to launch a lifeboat. Lifeboat is not a social network or an app. (Thank God.) […]
A New Generation of Mean Girls
The Bravo TV network recently announced that they are adapting the 1988 Generation X cult classic Heathers as a scripted series. In case you didn’t see it, Heathers was a movie about four girls – three of whom were named Heather. They ruled the roost at Westerburg High School, Ohio. The fourth girl, Veronica, was […]
Facebook Changes Friendships
Keep smilin’ Keep shinin’ Knowin’ you can always count on me, For sure… An interesting blog, The Feminist Caterpillar, features a post about Generation X and the changing face of friendship. I really liked it and wanted to pass along the link. Here is a brief excerpt: Friendship. What does this mean in the era […]
Desperately Seeking Long Lost Friend Eddi
Now we went walking in the rain Talking about the pain from the world we hid Now there ain’t nobody nowhere nohow Gonna ever understand me the way you did –From Springsteen’s Bobby Jean (1984) Like the bored suburban housewife Roberta who was fascinated with the life of Susan in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), I […]