Downhill Friday, Apr 3 2009 

Have I been too complacent? I have been forced to ask myself this lately. Unfulfilled expectations, self-doubt, disheartening moments, frustration, tears, loneliness – I’ve had encounters with all of these within the last two weeks.

Ageing Monday, Oct 20 2008 

I had an epiphany today.

You are only old if the number of things you wouldn’t do outnumber those you are up for.

You are only a curmudgeon if the number of things that piss you off outnumber the ones that make you happy.

I’m definitely not the first, and fortunately, many things still make me happy.

I never understood why women minded laugh lines Sunday, Jul 6 2008 

One of today’s postsecrets:-

I want my face to be infallibly carved with laugh lines when I am old and gray, to reveal the happiness I have lived to know. At seventeen, this is my greatest drive. And I hope it never changes.