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Mahjong Must Haves and Fun to Haves
Here are links to some of my favorites I have officially become that friend — the one who offers to show up to game night with her own tile set, her own racks,…
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The Mahjong Boom Just Went Official — Parks, Libraries, and Vegas Are All In
More and more people are washing tiles and racking ’em Turns out the mahjong thing isn’t staying in our group chats. This summer it’s showing up in city park budgets, library calendars, and…
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Watching Someone Else’s Recovery, In Real Time
One Mid Mama’s journey has my attention If you read my last post, you know I’m deep in research mode on a deep plane facelift — trying to find that line between “refreshed”…
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“Cortisol Face” Is All Over Your ‘For You Page’ — Here’s What’s Actually True
If you’ve opened TikTok in the last few months, you’ve probably stopped mid-scroll to stare at your own reflection in your phone screen, wondering: wait, is my face puffier than it used to be?…
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Why Every Woman I Know Is Suddenly Obsessed With Mahjong
I’ll say it plainly: I am officially obsessed. What started as one game at a friend’s dining table has turned into a full-blown habit — I think about tile combinations while I’m folding…
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The Memoir Stack: What Celebrity Confessionals Taught Me About Living In-Between
Celebrities, they are just like us I closed the back cover on Demi Moore’s Inside Out, quickly read Kelly Ripa’s Live Wire in two days and I’m already on my next celebrity memoir — Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the…
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The Midlife-Compatible Capsule Wardrobe: Summer Edition
Comfortable, affordable and interchangeable Here’s what nobody tells you about getting dressed in midlife: it’s not that your style disappears, it’s that your patience for overthinking it does. You want fewer pieces, more…
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My 5-Minute, No-Filter Summer Makeup Routine (I’m 53 — Be Kind)
Let’s start with the obvious: this post has zero filter on it. I’m 53, I’m posting my real face, and I’m asking you to be kind about it — mostly because I’m still…
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I Let ChatGPT Do My Color Analysis. Then I Paid a Professional. Here’s the Real Difference.
Confession: before I booked with an actual human, I did what every Mid Mama with a smartphone and 15 free minutes does — I asked ChatGPT to analyze my coloring from a couple…
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I Tried That Viral Amylu Chicken Meatball Lasagna Bake — Here’s My Honest Take
You know the recipe. It’s been all over Instagram for months: a jar of Rao’s Alfredo sauce and some chicken broth stirred together in a 9×13, broken-up oven-ready lasagna noodles and Amylu chicken…
