by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 28, 2018 | Health
I love Freckles! That’s what I’d tell my parents every time we went to visit my extended family in the Kent countryside. Freckles was a pony who lived in a field behind my great aunt’s house. As his name would suggest, he was grey with a smattering of brown...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 21, 2018 | Food, Health
I’d be surprised if the broad beans are still sleeping in their blankety bed after the recent furore surrounding the cauliflowers (fluffy). Yes, all is not well on the allotment. The cauliflower has been brought back down to earth. If ever any story were more...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 14, 2018 | Fashion
“January, don’t be cold, don’t be angry to me…” so sang Scottish rockers Pilot back in 1975. Well, January hasn’t changed much. Still cold, still angry. What to do about it? Buy a new coat. A big coat. One you could live in if you found yourself stranded on a lonely...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 7, 2018 | Food
2018 started with a storm and a tea cup. On a cold, New York night, Mariah Carey took to the stage in Times Square to sing in the New Year and asked for a sip of hot tea to stave off the freezing temperatures. Just as any woman in Executive Youth would. Because tea...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Dec 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
How long has ‘Twixtmas’ been a thing? I see from the Collins dictionary that this is a new word suggestion, currently under review and awaiting approval. I feel late to the Twixtmas party. If I’d known it was being bandied about willy nilly I’d have been wishing...
