My Mother’s Day Wish For You
This Mother’s Day week, I’m overflowing with gratitude for all I’ve learned since this picture was snapped a while back.I didn’t know then I was at the beginning of a journey, and I never could have dreamed where it would take me.But especially this Mother’s Day week,...
8 Great Trips in the USA
Where to travel in the USA this summer? I got so many requests that I put together this list of 8 of my favorites... * Montana: Horseback riding, in an arena or up the mountain! No matter the season Yellowstone country is spectacular...Even in summer it gets down in...
8 Places I Want To Go
8 places I want to go when we can travel… * Have you missed travel as much as I have? I set out for London by myself when I was 18 and I’ve been trying to see the world ever since! This year I’ll stay in the USA but I’m making a list to start in 2022: * Kenya &...
My Cool Kitchen Idea
I love sharing ideas that work in my home! Magazines have shared photos of selected rooms in my homes, like this pic of the dining room in my Ft....
What’s Your “Grandma” Name?
Kiki, Coco & Gigi are just a few of the hundreds of darling names I got when I posted on social media, "what's your Grandma name?"... This pic was snapped when I was visiting my son, his girlfriend and their new puppy "Panda". I reached out to cuddle Panda and...
Bikini Body
I want to talk about that photo Khloe Kardashian is trying to get scrubbed from the internet. I googled it, expecting to see something really weird looking or really...something.What I found is a picture of her, without a bunch of filters, and a body I would die to...
Hugging My Son
Tears streamed down my face as I sat in the Los Angeles airport...I hadn't realized how much I had missed my son until it came time to say goodbye and head home to Dallas. It was another gift from Covid. * I know that sounds odd, but I'm making positive changes in my...
Forgiving Myself
Forgiving myself. How many times have you struggled to forgive yourself? I'm at a point in my life when there are more days behind me than in front of me, and as I look in the rearview mirror I don't always like what I see. I cringe when I think about words I have...
Home Again
I was sitting with my boyfriend at dinner when I got an idea...”Can you google the house where you grew up? I would love to see it!" * Then it occurred to me how fun that could be for anybody! What does the house *you* grew up in look like now? * My house was a modest...
Why Can’t I “Move On”?
It's a question so many women ask, a question I've asked myself after a failing relationship. And then invariably, a couple of years later I ask myself why I hung on, when in hindsight it seems so obvious that it would never have worked. As part of my "Ask Jane"...
I Just Got Lucky
In the small midwestern town where I grew up we didn't really observe St. Patrick's Day, at least it wasn't a big deal. I'm sure there were O'Malley's or McCann's but mostly we were just Kathys & Janes*It was a time before we noted, much less celebrated, cultural...
One Makeup Trick to Look Younger
I'm always paying attention to new makeup trick to try to look my best on TV. Contouring makes a huge amount of difference in the way the light reads the angles of the face. Truthfully, I was really surprised at how much difference this one slight change in the way I...
LETTER FROM JANE
Hi, I’m Real Jane, and welcome to my blog!
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