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Jousting with Middle Age

What is middle aged? I suppose we are implying the middle of our lifespan. So let’s say eighty years. That makes forty, give or take a few years, middle aged.

Ninety is certainly a possibility, so, forty-five. Some of us might even live to be 100, so I can even go as high as fifty.

After that it gets a little curious. Fifty-five? Well, people have lived to 110, so let’s call the late fifties the absolute top side of middle age.

If someone sixty-plus is going around claiming to be middle aged, basically they are declaring… CONTINUE READING >>

Tagged aching joints, baby boomers, certain death, change, empty nest, gypsy nester, milestones, old stuff, pitfalls, self defense, semifictitious characters

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The Long and the Shorts of It All

When women get to be “of a certain age” questions of appropriateness inevitably rear their ugly heads. I think I have squarely hit that certain age. With a vengeance.

My questions of appropriateness have actually turned into a LIST of questions of appropriateness:

Should I stop wearing shorts?

What about sleeveless blouses?

Is my hair too long?

When should I stop dying it?

Should I do something about my wrinkles? The shorts quandary is a tough one for me. It’s on the top… CONTINUE READING >>

Tagged baby boomers, big ideas, bikes, change, countdowns, Decibel, empty nest, gypsy nester, hike, messed-up fads, old stuff, pitfalls, self defense, The Piglet, things going terribly awry, Veronica crying

Fear Conquering & Self Defense

I must confess I have anxiety concerning this GypsyNesting stuff. I have strong ideas about the way I want to live my life, but by nature I’m not exactly the bravest person around. I’m a bit of a worrier. Okay, a lot of a worrier. It doesn’t help that half of our family and friends think that this whole GypsyNesting thing is quite mad.

In order to alleviate my fears, I decided to take a self defense course to fight the urge to cop out and just “grow old gracefully.” I wanted to be able to protect myself in that dark alley that was… CONTINUE READING >>

Tagged baby boomers, covert actions, empty nest, fear conquering, gauntlet dropping, gypsy nester, self defense, things going terribly awry

Bull Elephant Seals Fight For Territory

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Bull elephant seals fight for territory on the Elephant Seal Beach near San… CONTINUE READING >>

Tagged Americana, animals, beach going, california, ground level travel, seals, self defense, travel, video

Sur. Yes Sir!

Waves crashing against the craggy coast, mist drifting up mountains that rise abruptly from the sea, bridges impossibly clinging to cliffs — we’d seen …CONTINUE READING >>

Tagged Americana, animals, california, certain death, crooked and steep, driving, ground level travel, hike, national park, seals, self defense, signs, travel, trees