We’re trendy!
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- March
- 6
Over the past 24 hours I’ve learned one thing: Middle age is hot!
Let me explain.
I was flipping channels last night when I came upon ob-gyn/author/menopause guru “Dr. Christiane Northrup”:http://www.drnorthrup.com/ doing one of her inspirational talks. The PBS special, “Menopause and Beyond: New Wisdom for Women,’’ was being aired as part of a fundraiser for channel “Thirteen”:http://www.thirteen.org/index.php  meaning there were all sorts of menopause-related bonuses if you made a nice contribution to the station.For a minute I pondered writing a check for $300. That would get me the full Northrup menopause kit, which includes CDs (that I could listen to on the way to work!), motivational books (that I could read in bed at night!) and a journal in which I could record my innermost thoughts (“Feeling underappreciated today. Wear better outfit tomorrow?’’).
And I would be making a donation to public television too!
I put that thought on hold, turned off the lights and went to bed.
When I woke up, I realized I had forgotten about Dr. Northrup. Instead a small ad in Sunday’s New York Times Book Review caught my eye: The “Poetry Foundation”:http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/2007contests.html is offering a $10,000 award to an American poet who has yet to publish a first book of poetry.
And get this: The poet has to be at least 50.Wow! I couldn’t believe it.
I’m not a poet. I’m not a novelist. And I’m not yet 50. But for stragglers like me—whose dreams of doing something earth-shaking somehow lose steam over the years—this award seemed tailor-made.
I started composing rhymes in my head. I went upstairs to take a shower. Then I turned on the TV yet again  and who was on the “Today”:http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633 show but makeup artist and cosmetics company CEO Bobbi Brown. She was talking about her new book, “Bobbi Brown Living Beauty”:http://www.amazon.com/Bobbi-Brown-Living-Beauty/dp/0821258346, and how important it is for middle-aged women to feel good about themselves.
And how happiness is the best cosmetic.
I thought for a few seconds about creating a positive energy force above my head (as instructed by Dr. Northrup), throwing myself into happy mode (as directed by Bobbi Brown) and starting to write my first book of poetry.
Then I pulled on my comfy stretch-waist pants, brushed my hair over the gray roots sprouting up top, and confidently marched out of the house.
Isn’t it great to be trendy?
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Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, and came back to the field after spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother. Linda joined The Journal News in 1997 and has been a Life & Style writer since 2000. She has three children.
Its all about the self. age is but a number.
My motto is: “I’m still Hot…It just comes in FLASHES now!”
Baby Boomer Diva Beverly Mahone
Author, Whatever! A Baby Boomer’s Journey Into Middle Age
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Just wanted to stop by and say thanks. Enjoy reading your stuff.