Felicity Price's Blog, page 2
November 12, 2017
Do we mellow with age like a good wine?
Maybe it’s because we’ve lived a little, because we’ve experienced some of the most terrible traumas and some of the most wonderful joys. Maybe it’s because life has rubbed away the edges of our fraying nerves, but I’ve noticed that so many of my friends who are around the same age of semi-retirement as me [...]
October 27, 2017
Do we mellow with age like a good wine?
Maybe it’s because we’ve lived a little, because we’ve experienced some of the most terrible traumas and some of the most wonderful joys. Maybe it’s because life has rubbed away the edges of our fraying nerves, but I’ve noticed that so many of my friends who are around the same age of semi-retirement as me [...]
October 18, 2017
Sexual predators like Weinstein won’t stop, no matter the fuss
Excuse me for sounding a bit old-fashioned, but what exactly is so surprising about the Harvey Weinstein revelations? Is it a surprise one of Hollywood’s top producers ran a revolving casting couch? Is it a surprise that so many knew about it but kept it quiet? The biggest surprise, to me, is that everyone is [...]
October 13, 2017
Grandparenting reality makes for entertaining fiction
It was going to be a duvet day. Paper read while breakfast consumed – tick. Emails checked and necessary responses made – tick. Facebook and weather apps opened and scrolled – tick. How about the toilet and oven up next to be cleaned? Oh no you don’t. No further prevarication allowed. The moment could not [...]
October 10, 2017
When you’re 55, the ad-makers don’t want to know you
Ask anyone over 55 how they see themselves reflected in TV or other advertising and the answer is likely to be the same: we’re invisible. Advertising booking schedules provide clients with statistics on the sort of reach they’re likely to get with each demographic age group. But there’s just one problem: the top age for [...]
September 13, 2017
Hiding your age in an age where nothing is private anymore.
After years of fudging my age, embracing alternative facts and pretending I was years younger, I finally came out in the open on my 65th birthday and threw a big party. After all, at one stage, sick from chemotherapy and feeling half dead, I thought I’d never make it. What better reason than to celebrate [...]
September 3, 2017
Keeping up Appearances at all costs
Here’s a confession: I’ve had “work done”. Several years ago, when the skin on my eyelids would have stretched to my chin if I’d cut it loose, I had an eyelid lift, or blepharoplasty, which removed the unwanted inches of skin, as well as about half the crow’s feet I’d never been keen on anyway. [...]
August 23, 2017
Writing sex scenes for the over 60s!
I haven’t lost my libido. Mislaid it at times, perhaps, but not completely lost it. Possession of a SuperGold Card doesn’t swipe away the sensual senses and sensations of a good old burst of lust, or so they tell me. But when you’re a woman over 60, sex becomes a standing joke in stand-up comedy [...]
Who wants to be 100?
As I lie in my hospital bed, the pain still numbed by analgesics, left knee encased in bandages, completely unable to go anywhere or do anything, I have all the time in the world to contemplate the future. Too much time, really. An impatient person by nature, I hate being a patient; I’d much rather [...]
July 31, 2017
Medical science keeps us agile in old age
When sales of adult nappies exceed sales of baby nappies, the western world is getting a clear message – there are more old people than young, and the oldies are determined to be just as active and socially acceptable as their children and grandchildren. Even if they wet their pants at unexpected moments, just like [...]
