The Bag Lady's Blog

To Pee or not to Pee should not be a question still facing women today.

“Some guy said to me: Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock n’ roll? I said “You’d better check with Mick Jagger.”…. Cher Last September, at age 72, Cher began her seventh solo tour in support of her twenty-sixth album Dancing Queen. At age 97,...

I loved superheroes growing up. My TV habits consisted of watching Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman, and Charlie’s Angels. I loved comic books, whether super-heroine or villainess – the comic book world was filled with influential female characters. I wanted...

“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver” Mahatma Gandhi I recently made a discovery that affects us all and it’s something I, and probably most of us, have never thought about. And that is the gender gap in clinical trials...

My Dad - Who taught me many things - Especially how to accessorize - He loved to quote Bette Midler: "I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world" Dr. Richard Meen October 12, 1940 – December 8, 2018 Toronto Ontario It is with...

♫♫♫I stay out too late, got nothin' in my brain♫ That's what people say, mmm hmm, that's what people say, mmm hmm I go on too many dates, but I can't make 'em stay At least that's what people say mmm mmm, that's what people say mmm mmm But I keep cruising...

♫♫She works hard for the money So hard for it honey She works hard for the money So you better treat her right ♫♫ Donna Summer “I’ve regrettably said words and I’ve never got a game penalty”, Andy Roddick, 2013 U.S. Open Champion "I will admit I have...

“I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I’d be. I am someone I would never have imagined.” Alice Hoffman, Incantation It was recently made apparent to me that I am now referred to as a “woman of a certain age”. Looking up just what that...

AN HOUR WITH MY BOOK THERAPIST Reading fiction has always been essential to my life. It has helped me, more than any other genre, to get closer to understanding the meaning of life. As one of my favourite writers, Tim O'Brien, has said, "That's what fiction...