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I'm an author, journalist, public speaker and radio commentator and I blog regularly about women and social issues and getting older at www.juicytomatoes.com.  Juicy Tomatoes is the term I coined for women over 50 who are lush and still on the vine. My last book on the subject is The Juicy Tomatoes Guide to Ripe Living After 50 (New Harbinger). Now I'm also doing some writing about the stereotype of retirement for Boomer women.   

 

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a postcard to my younger self

You'll come to appreciate small breasts. You don't have to marry the first man you have sex with. Your father will not die if you move to California. Wear sunscreen.

my posts

Two Mommies and An Auntie

Posted in family & relationships, Juicy Tomatoes, other topics, Our Blog Circle on May 11, 2012
Please indulge me as I celebrate some women in my family who are helping to raise the next generation.read more »

Unite Against War on Women Rally

Posted in Juicy Tomatoes, news, Our Blog Circle on May 03, 2012
We picked up protest signs from young women on our way to the Capitol in Sacramento.read more »

Nuns, Caterpillars and Sluts

Posted in Juicy Tomatoes, news, Our Blog Circle on April 25, 2012
Some want the war on women to be over or declare it never really existed. What they want is for the stirred-up women warriors to go away. Not me.read more »

Til Grout Does Us Part – the Cleaning Couple

Posted in home & garden, Juicy Tomatoes, Our Blog Circle on April 21, 2012
Like many aging Boomers, we have downsized.read more »

We are the 51 percenters

Posted in Juicy Tomatoes, news, Our Blog Circle on April 08, 2012
Three of us were sitting in a friend’s kitchen talking about the alarming state of vaginal politics when our friend’s husband walked in and said, "What's wrong with you women? You are 51 percent of this country. How can you let this happen?"read more »

my comments

Response to: We are the 51 percenters

Comment posted on April 10, 2012 at 1:50 pm:
"This exchange does help me understand that the over-riding issue is abortion for many women voters, maybe more than I thought. And  helps answers my question. As for haughty and condescending rhetoric, I'm sorry to offend but I  think no one holds ..." (read comment)

Response to: Roaring Back and the War on Women

Comment posted on March 26, 2012 at 4:11 pm:
"I think that's a sound suggestion, given the trend in religious institutions restricting their health care coverage according to their church beliefs. Any smart job seeker  would be wise to check out how her or his moral comfort and health needs mig..." (read comment)

Response to: Roaring Back and the War on Women

Comment posted on March 25, 2012 at 2:02 pm:
"I agree. I know Republican women who have daughters and granddaughters and great-nieces, just as I do, and they are concerned about this politically-approved hostility toward women. I feel it's imperative to talk back now on behalf of those girls and..." (read comment)

Response to: Here's to Women Who Speak Out

Comment posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:14 pm:
"Good for you. You did more than grumble. You acted. You did something and you should be proud...." (read comment)

Response to: a world where politicians rule our organs?

Comment posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:57 pm:
"I agree Barb. It is not entertaining. It is frightening and troubling. These guys (and some women) have supporters, enough encouragement to keep proposing new and nutty ways to control women. And who are the women who think this is just fine?..." (read comment)