When I was 69: dermatologist

Monday, November 24, 2025

It's just from getting older!

A week ago I went to my dermatologist. Here I am in the new-fangled gown with wings on the shoulders. My dermatologist thinks I must have spent most of my 83 years outside in the sun. Hey, I have been using sunblock moisturizers for at least the last 5 years! Before that, I worked indoors, but spent vacations outdoors at least!

He froze off some spots on my nose...so then I spent the last week covering the swollen area with Vaseline, and a Band-Aid! Here I am on Wednesday morning. I continued to have the red bump on the tip of my nose, since Vaseline is great to oil my pores down.

The band-aid is off, and I'm not sure if this scabby thing will be coming off or not. Not much improvement yet!

I'm posting blogs from a different place this week...more will be revealed soon!

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Today's quote:

Women can support each other and bring back the sacred sisterhood we yearn for at our core.

Venus figure from the Siberian Paleolithic site of Mala, dated approximately 24,000 BP. There is a leaf shaped mark on her right shoulder/breast and a hole drilled in the base, presumably indicating it was worn or hung as a pendant. Source: The Mother Goddess site on FaceBook

Er, just 6 more Mondays in 2025!

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And just a bit more about the Rovin' Toad (see header photo of my old camper van.)

Marty, my oldest son using my typewriter, with the van's door open behind him, taken on our long summer camping trip in 74 or 75. I think it was 75. My younger son turned 8 that summer, and entered 3rd grade in Tallahassee when we finally settled again. Here's an older blog about our trip...without many details.

A photo of the real van...the only one I have.

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From last Wednesday I want to share a newsletter about NC and Charlotte and ICE and politics. Skip it if you've had enough already! Asheville Watchdog -

"Democracy Watch: How the shocking killing of a Charlotte woman has shaped the Republican Party’s strategy for winning North Carolina elections against “soft-on-crime” Democrats"