‘Hilarious! And beautifully written. She has conjured an ageless way to shine.’
Laugh! Love! Listen! Billie Best’s relatable point of view will have you doing all three as she shares the everyday truths of life beyond 60 in this collection of essays and short stories originally published on her blog at billiebest.com. Easy reading meant to be consumed in bite-sized chunks, these three-minute riffs offer a mini vacation for your mind with bursts of gut punching humor, insightful observations, and colorful characters. Just the role models you need to age fearlessly. You’ll be validated, inspired, and amused.
Includes 54 faux tarot card illustrations by artist Brenda Rose, because aging well is all about how you play your cards.
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Table of Contents
In Case You Were Wondering
1. A Surreal Bending of Time
2. The Thickening
3. Scientific Method
4. Humble Pie
5. How to Deal with a Midlife Crisis
6. Party Talk
7. Cheeseburger Dreams
8. Junie
9. Immortalia
10. Marriage Breakdown After 30 Years
11. Church Basements
12. The Joy of Doing Nothing
13. I Once Had a Sugar Daddy
14. Time is Not Money
15. Professional Jealousy (Carnita #1)
16. The Zen of Betsy Wetsy
17. Marlene
18. How to Process Grief
19. Cupidity
20. Vocabulary Lesson
21. Hand Cream
22. Plan Death Like a Wedding
23. Girl with the Far Away Eyes
24. In the Time of Chairs
25. Free the Nipple
26. Solo Flight
27. My Ugly Shoes
28. How to Move Forward After Becoming a Widow
29. True Confessions
30. Click This
31. Queen of the House
32. Thinking Off the Grid
33. Good Girl, Bad Girl
34. The Cooking Lesson (Carnita #2)
35. The Lady Belcher
36. How to Downsize & Start Over
37. Swipe Left
38. Hot Flash Fiction
39. Inhale Exhale
40. Pancakes – a modern parable
41. Date with a Spider
42. Black Hole
43. Fear of Forgetting
44. Our Collective Diapers
45. I Shaved My Legs
46. My Menopause Conspiracy Theory
47. I Could Be Wrong
48. Speed Dating
49. Call Me Penguin
50. The Cure for Ageism
51. Perfecting My Ignorance
52. The Nipple Club (Carnita #3)
53. High Risk Behavior
54. Anniversary of Hope
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Brenda Rose is an artist, designer, and occasional art director living in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons. She loves a good font, vintage ephemera, and has a penchant for clean and simple design with pops of color. Find her work at brendarose.com.