by Beverly Willett | May 30, 2023
A brunette by birth, I’ve been a redhead for more than 25 years. As long as I can afford those periodic salon appointments, I’m fairly sure I’ll keep bucking the trend of women my age embracing their natural gray. Vanity? That’s the least of it. I started frosting my...
by Beverly Willett | Jan 26, 2023
After my ex-husband left, I developed supersonic radar for all the sad songs when they came on the radio. Gilbert O’Sullivan’s lyrics for “Alone Again (Naturally)” especially resonated with my thoughts of jumping off our roof deck along with questioning God’s...
by Beverly Willett | Dec 30, 2020
Editor’s Note: This being the last week in 2020, we’re re-running the three most-read stories of the year. This article—about things to do on your birthday alone—originally ran in April and is second on the list. Obviously, many of us have been marking big...