Independent Living

I have to admit Mister Marketer that you knocked the wind out of my sails when I found this catalog in the mail ADDRESSED TO ME!!!

Sure the title 'INDEPENDENT LIVING' sounds powerful and the cover is lovely, but I am NOT ready for the contents! Please Mister Marketer leave me in my blissful state of denial.

Oh Mister Marketer how I would like to crack you with one of these cheerfully colored canes!

Bedroom Safety....Seriously?....and we ain't talking condoms!

The Power To Go Places!

Versus The Power To Go!!!

Mister Marketer do you really think I am ready for these things?

Just because I couldn't remember what email and passcode I used to access my blog is no reason to tease me with senior moments! Give me a break.  I haven't blogged on Wrinklequest in ages! Surely this doesn't me put in your target demographic does it?

The worst of the worst Mister Marketer is this outright blow to my fashion sense.  Do you really think I want to be seen in these God awful shoes? Because Mister Marketer I do not!!!

  

I know this to be true because I have already suffered the indignity of comfort shoe shopping.  I even received a sympathy hug from the sales clerk. Oh how I miss sexy high heels!

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This reality doesn't stop me, Mister Marketer, from wanting to crack you with a brightly colored cane! I am not that immobile or forgetful.  Don't push me! :-)

Boobs or Brains?

Which would you prefer boobs or brains?

Brains For Boobs: A Fair Trade?

An amazing 41% of women choose BOOBS!

Working Women

Sometimes I look at my hands and think perhaps I should have taken the girlie route.

Once upon a time my hands were pretty enough to be offered the opportunity to be a hand model. I was more interested in taking cars apart, building stone walls and doing electrical wiring. I declined the offer.

Still sometimes I compare my hands to other womens' softer less wrinkled, unscarred hands and wonder if I did the right thing. Then I watched this slideshow that my daughter sent me. I wouldn't change a thing.

Working Women

The Swimsuit Issue

I just wanted to share The Human Body Engineer's post on the swimsuit issue.

The bottom line for Sports Illustrated Magazine is more about the tan line than the finish line!

You're Beautiful!

In case you don't see it, this creative thinker does!
I can't remember where I was shopping when I glanced in the mirror and saw her work.
It made me happy. See for yourself.



You're Beautiful!

Check out Jessica Echevarria at Abstract Celebrity.

Another Awesome Beauty Product!

Gotta have this!!!!

Fotoshop by Adobe'

Thanks to Jesse Rosten, the seriously talented person that created this video :-)

So that is how it is done!

I am always in the pursuit of the newest photography techniques and gadgets.

I could sure use one of these!

No Makeup, NO TRUST?

I always felt that people treated me differently when I adorned makeup. I was never a glamour queen. I stuck with the basics, mascara and blush. Still I could sense I was treated differently.

Rebel that I am, this annoyed me! I wanted people to like me for who I was, not what I looked like. So, I tended to wear little or no make-up. A tool of trust. A filter of sorts to weed out the insincere and bring closer those who really cared for me.

Funny how things work out. According this this study, I was getting quite the opposite result. People were actually weeding me out!!!

The story...

No Makeup, No Trust? What Your Makeup Really Says to Others

The study...

First-Ever Study Reveals Cosmetics Alter Instinctual Perception

500 Years of Women in Art

Here's a video composite of 500 years of women in art. The video is beautifully done. I find it interesting, however, that there wasn't a wrinkle to be found!

Enjoy!

500 Years of Women in Art

Frozen Faces

Just a little freaked out over all of the frozen faces on the tube...

My grandmother was a down to earth woman. She traded places with her brother when it came to chores. She would head out to plow the field with her father while her brother took her place cleaning in the house.

She taught me how to oil the furnace, mow the lawn, trim hedges and make cinnamon buns. I often wonder who ended up with her trusty oil can. I hope they appreciate how important it was to her. It kept the wheels turning. It soothed the aging parts of the machines that endlessly served her. She knew the value of her appliances having grown up in the age of hauling water and burning wood for heat and cooking. So, she always did her due diligence maintaining her luxuries.....her furnace....her lawnmower....her old wooden wagon with metal wheels. Her tools were simple, a hammer, a screwdriver, a hatchet, a wrench and her oil can.

Similarly her dressing table held a jar of Noxema, a powder puff, a bar of soap, a rouge, a lipstick and a perfume. She had some gray hair, many wrinkles and some stray facial hairs. Her face expressed her mood. It lifted and broadened when she laughed and it contracted and drooped when she was sad. You knew where you stood with my grandmother. You could read her face. You could see the joy when she looked at you. You knew without being told how much she loved you.

She was perfect as far as I can remember. And when I look in the mirror and see that same stray hair on my face, I smile. I see my grandmother. I feel the love.

Today I find myself confused as I watch the older women on the tube talk about tragedy and tell jokes all the while their faces remaining expressionless. I hear their voices, but I just don't "feel" their message!!!

And, I wonder what effect this is having on our young girls???

We all get old. Nothing lasts forever.

Check out this talented photographer, Lee Jeffries. His black & white images are gorgeous and thought provoking. Thanks to Diane Richter, for bringing it to my attention :-)

We all get old. Nothing lasts forever.

How to Talk to Little Girls?

I am not sure I wholeheartedly agree with this article. However, it has great merit and truth.

As a child I can't remember being told I was pretty, etc. I am not saying it didn't happen. I remember more of my brothers telling me I was too tall, or my mom saying, "Pull your hair back. It makes your nose look long." or " Your ears are sticking out." It made me shrink away instead of standing tall.

The world around us has predetermined our fate as women judged on beauty. It is in nature all around us. The birds & the bees so to speak practice the same tactics. Humans are really no different except in awareness and in our empowerment to change.

So I won't hold back my compliments to little girls. I will tell them they are beautiful. I will tell them they are SMART, CLEVER and all around AMAZING!!! I will enjoy their faces as they delight in their beauty inside and out!

I do agree 100% with the author, Lisa Bloom, that we must encourage little girls to be more than their appearance. We do need to invest more in their talents instead or their tutus! I just don't feel it is necessary to undermine their beauty in the process.

How to talk to little girls....

Barbie?

BFF's Breast Friends Forever

Interesting post from Cafe Gratitude....

BFF's Breast Friends Forever

“Please forgive me. I love you. You are healthy, whole, complete, filled with love and light. You are beautiful just as you are. ”

Say Cheese!

Does your appearance hold you back? .......Too fat, too skinny, too wrinkled???

Has it stopped you from getting up to dance??? Saying hello to an old friend??? Learning something new and exciting???

Could it be the reason that you don't want to be photographed? Deb Schwedhelm thinks perhaps it is. Don't rob your family of memories. Get your tissues and check out her blog on the subject......And the next time you get in front of the camera say CHEESE :-)

Deb Schwedhelm Photoblog

All The Wrinkled Ladies

Check out this ditty by Anita Renfroe posted to the Women of Faith Blog. It's a humorous song about making peace with your body!

All The Wrinkled Ladies

Thanks Sandy for bringing this song to my attention :-)

Tama J. Kieves Quote

"Every act of love for yourself-makes a difference."

Tama J. Kieves

Tom Tveitan Foto

Tom Tveitan Foto

Check out his blog for some interesting beach shots....When I look at these images, I feel nostalgic even though they are shot in a quite modern magazine style. Could it be the subjects ring true to life and take me back to the safety of my family? I like the sense of calm I feel. I'll take more please :-)

"This Is Who I Am"

"Rosanne Olson's collection of photographs and short essays, "This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes," is an exploration of how real women relate to their real bodies — in all their freckled, scarred, pudgy and wrinkled glory. It's sometimes funny, sometimes sensual and always heartbreakingly sincere." ....Haley Edwards

Read her entire book review here: "This Is Who I Am"

Looks to be another inspiring read :-)

Magazine Photos

The next time you compare yourself to a beautiful magazine model, remember they had a little help. See for yourself.

PS: The talented Photoshop specialist must have more patience than God :-)

Watch the video: Magazine Photos

Furthermore, the French have written a bill to require disclaimers on retouched photos to prevent misrepresentation!!! Could reality be back in Vogue???

The complete article from the Benjamin Kanarek Blog.