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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse

@stellafosse.bsky.social
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Stella is an author and biologist who advocates for older women's empowerment through creativity.

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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#CroneWisdom #WritersLife #UrsulaLeGuin #AgePowerfully
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Dr. Flegal won multiple awards for her studies at the CDC. But suddenly other scientists were calling trying to get her fired. #WomensHealth #HealthAtEverySize open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Professor Katherine Flegal
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
From my Substack series, "Crones to Watch Out For." Ashton's profile will also be in my upcoming book, "Rock On: Power, Sex & Money after 60." #AgePowerfully #AgeWell open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Activist Ashton Applewhite
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Now, here's a novel that begs to be written. #CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #WomenWriters #WritersLife
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'm hyperaware of the passage of time, and how much I still want to do. So I needed this reminder -- how about you? #Productivity #RememberToRest #RenegadeWomen
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
"We really have so much more control over aging than we think we do." #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #AgeWell www.nationalgeographic.com/health/a…
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Aging isn‘t just about decline. Here’s how health improves as we grow older.
New science suggests there's plenty that actually gets better with age—if you let it.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
And another way to live happily ever after... #CroneWisdom #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/well/liv…
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Over 60, Single and Never Happier
Why some older people who have given up looking for romantic love say they feel self-assured and satisfied on their own.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"If we can allow ourselves to move in and out and back again through the different life stages we can grow around our younger selves, not away from ourselves." #AgePowerfully #AgeWell #CroneWisdom www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/20…
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No, age isn’t just a number – and the sooner we realise that, the happier we will be
It’s tempting to want to stay young for ever. But each new life stage brings gains as well as losses
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
From Accidental Icon, Lyn Slater: "Age is never a variable I use in deciding what to wear." Second in my Crones to Watch Out For series on Substack - please follow me there. #CronesToWatchOutFor #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully stellafosse.substack.com/p/accident…
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Accidental Icon Lyn Slater
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Over fifty? The diet industry wants you. But we deserve data-driven healthcare, not profit-driven healthcare. #GLP-1s #DietIndustry #WomensHealth #HAES stellafosse.com/the-diet-industry-w…
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The Diet Industry Wants You | Stella Fosse
The Diet Industry Wants You Until GLP-1 drugs become available as lower priced generics, there are huge profits to be made selling these drugs to older women.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Truth and beauty. #AudreyHepburn #Empathy #WomensWisdom
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Is the word "feminist" becoming more popular lately? I suspect so, but don't have any data. What are your thoughts? #WomensRights #WomensFreedom #ReproductiveJustice
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wisdom, positivity, relationships, happiness: Research shows our third act is far from the ageist stereotypes. #AgePlayfully #AgeWell #NotOverNotOut www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/opt…
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How We Flourish in the Third Act of Life
Who says the best years are behind us? The third act might just be where the real magic—and wisdom—takes the stage.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Is it "giving up" to accept how our looks change over time? Or is it reclaiming our real lives? A thoughtful analysis from Jessica DeFino. #CroneBeauty #CroneWisdom #AgePowerfully #AgePositive www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/j…
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My co-worker thinks her single friend should lose weight. Is not caring about looks ‘giving up’?
If ‘giving up’ doesn’t sit right, try thinking about it as getting something back: time, money, energy
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yes, we are not our stuff. Yes, there is too much. I think about what I would grab in a fire; my heart is distributed among the rooms. #Downsizing #Housing #AgeWell #AgePositive bylinestephanie.substack.com/p/i-ha…
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I Have Too Much Stuff
When I look in the mirror, I see a reflection of my physical self, but that reflection is not who I am.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The first profile in my series, "Crones to Watch Out For." Let's make ourselves visible, shall we? #WomenPoets #WomenWriters #CroneWisdom #JakiSheltonGreen stellafosse.substack.com/p/meet-poe…
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Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Your first draft belongs only to you. Be free. Write your story, just as it comes to you. Be one with your whole self. Discover who you are. #CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #CronePower #WritersLife #Writers
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"There’s plenty of advice for men on staying fit and looking good in midlife and beyond. But a search for “ageing gracefully” yields a sea of female faces." Marvelous article. #AgeDisgracefully #AgePositive www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/j…
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The thing about ‘ageing gracefully’: whatever you call it, I’ll do it my way
One thing I’ve noticed is that as they grow older, people tend to care less about others’ opinions. Sometimes that’s liberating
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
As we age, our liver and kidneys become less efficient. Substances we may have consumed all our adult lives stay in our systems longer and may cause adverse effects we didn't experience earlier in life.  #WomensHealth #CroneHealth #AgeWell  sixtyandme.com/alcohol-and-aging
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Why Alcohol and Aging Don’t Mix! | Sixty and Me
Alcohol dependency becomes worse for aging adults because of many reasons. Here's why you should get off now.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good news for writers!  "Many who turned to romance during the pandemic seem to have kept up the habit. Print sales of romance books more than doubled in the last few years." #WritersLife #SeasonedRomance #CreativeCrones www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/briefing…
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good morning, Crones! Let's do this thing. #AgePlayfully #CreativeCrones #DorothyParker
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Sex has always been great between us, but now it’s even better. Fewer inhibitions, more time. With age comes more confidence." I do love a good sterotype-busting article. #AgePlayfully #RealAging #NotOverNotOut www.theguardian.com/wellness/2025/j…
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‘Shar pei sex’, swinging, and 10 orgasms in an afternoon: This is sex after 60
‘Many older couples find greater satisfaction than when they were younger,’ says the National Institute on Aging
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Aging happens, because we cannot stop it, and it is not what we feared." --Victoria Smith #WomenOver60Rock #AgePlayfully open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Ten Things to Know When You Turn Sixty
Do the things you were put on this planet to do.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What a marvelous essay for all you #LateBloomers out there. #AgePlayfully #CroneLife  open.substack.com/pub/queenofrevelr…
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Becoming a Lady who Likes It
In my 50's and getting the hang of it
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Answer: Yes. And for old fat bodies, too. #RomanceWriting #RepresentationMatters #CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #DiversityInLiterature  open.substack.com/pub/virginiasoles…
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"People Read My Sex Scenes and Ask: Is That Possible for Fat Bodies?"
OH, HONEY. Author Nisha Sharma on body diversity in romance novels.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"A morning with a reason is stronger than a triple espresso." Inspiring thoughts here, and I agree with most of them. #AgeWell substack.com/home/post/p-164367418
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The Wisdom Years: 7 Habits That Make Aging a Superpower
Let’s get one thing clear: aging is not a curse to reverse.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
All those Disney princesses grow up to be Disney villains: Assertive older women. Or, you know, dragons. #CronePower #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #RethinkingStereotypes #VividOlderWomen #RenegadeWomen #Queenager #AgePositive
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
To group together fifty-year-olds and ninety-year-olds makes no more sense than grouping together babies and forty-year-olds. In fact, when you've met one seventy-year-old, you've met one seventy-year-old. #cronewisdom #womenofacertainage #agepositive #agewell
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of olders. 'It’s assumed that women’s biology doesn’t matter,' said Dr. Stephanie Faubion." #WomensHealth #ClinicalTrials  www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/…
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Older women are being significantly shortchanged by medical research
Men are the focus of much more health research, leaving unanswered questions about women and cancer, Alzheimer’s and other serious conditions.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"The judge consulted the warrant before him. "This woman, Marion Chase, is accused of acts of lust with another woman. But it is more likely for a goose to lay a Christmas pudding than for one woman to consort with another."  From my book "Vampires of a Certain Age" #vampirenovel #TBR #sapphicnovel
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Such a great way to connect! www.aarpethel.com/health/aging/insp…
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5 Inspiring Podcasts Helping Me Navigate Life After 60
Have a listen and you'll feel more hopeful about everything.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The weekday is a theoretical construct. #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #Agewell stellafosse.substack.com/p/flip-off…
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Flip Off, Flip Off, the Dying of the Light
Ten Lessons of Life after Work
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Now that I’m in my seventies, you’d think I would have serenity down pat. And you’d think that serenity would mean giving everybody, myself included, some space. I’m not quite there. #AgeWell #WomenOver70Rock stellafosse.com/taking-our-space
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Taking Our Space | Stella Fosse
Taking Our Space Space is essential in life just as space between logs is essential for fire. Space rekindles attraction between longtime partners, space between tasks revives us.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Cultural notions uphold the myth that women lose sexual desire when they are no longer capable of childbirth. This distracts us from our actual lives." #WomenWriters open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Visible and Then Some
How Older Women Became Lead Characters in Novels
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
What did you love as a child that you set aside for the sake of adulting? What would you like to reclaim now?  #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #CreativeCrones #AgeWell
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Amen to that.  Check out my book, "Write & Sell a Well-Seasoned Romance," for your guide to create, edit, publish and market your story. #WritersLife #CroneWisdom #AgePlayfully #AgeWell
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
How will this gift help my child gain independence? #OlderMoney rethinking65.com/2024/07/20/how-muc…
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How Much Help Should Parents Give Adult Children?
A recent survey by Savings.com found that nearly half of U.S. parents with a child over 18 are providing some or all of the child’s financial support.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
And this makes us fabulous writers. #AgePlayfully #AgeCreatively #CreativeCrones
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Personally, I plan to spend it on joy and creation. #CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #AgeWell #WomenWriters #WritersLife
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
#CroneWisdom #WritersLife #UrsulaLeGuin #AgePowerfully
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I extend an invitation to Women Authors Past Midlife to write a guest essay for the Stella Fosse blog as part of your publicity plan. Find submission guidelines at the end of this linked page: stellafosse.com/stella-fosse-author
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Stella Fosse Author | Stella Fosse
Fosse – as in Toss. Stella champions older women’s creativity by leading imaginative workshops in seasoned romance, erotica, and memoir writing. Stella Fosse Author
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Dr. Flegal won multiple awards for her studies at the CDC. But suddenly other scientists were calling trying to get her fired. #WomensHealth #HealthAtEverySize open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Professor Katherine Flegal
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
From my Substack series, "Crones to Watch Out For." Ashton's profile will also be in my upcoming book, "Rock On: Power, Sex & Money after 60." #AgePowerfully #AgeWell open.substack.com/pub/stellafosse/p…
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Activist Ashton Applewhite
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Coming soon: My new book, "Rock On: Power, Sex and Money after 60." Getting rave early reviews, including this one. The book tackles beauty, healthcare, creativity and more. Can't wait to hear what you think! More about the launch soon. #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #WomenOver60Rock 
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Now, here's a novel that begs to be written. #CreativeCrones #AgePlayfully #WomenWriters #WritersLife
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I'm hyperaware of the passage of time, and how much I still want to do. So I needed this reminder -- how about you? #Productivity #RememberToRest #RenegadeWomen 
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"We really have so much more control over aging than we think we do." #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully #AgeWell www.nationalgeographic.com/health/a…
nationalgeographic.com
Aging isn‘t just about decline. Here’s how health improves as we grow older.
New science suggests there's plenty that actually gets better with age—if you let it.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
And another way to live happily ever after... #CroneWisdom #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/well/liv…
nytimes.com
Over 60, Single and Never Happier
Why some older people who have given up looking for romantic love say they feel self-assured and satisfied on their own.
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"If we can allow ourselves to move in and out and back again through the different life stages we can grow around our younger selves, not away from ourselves." #AgePowerfully #AgeWell #CroneWisdom www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/20…
theguardian.com
No, age isn’t just a number – and the sooner we realise that, the happier we will be
It’s tempting to want to stay young for ever. But each new life stage brings gains as well as losses
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Creative Crones with Stella Fosse @stellafosse.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
From Accidental Icon, Lyn Slater: "Age is never a variable I use in deciding what to wear." Second in my Crones to Watch Out For series on Substack - please follow me there. #CronesToWatchOutFor #AgePlayfully #AgePowerfully stellafosse.substack.com/p/accident…
stellafosse.substack.com
Accidental Icon Lyn Slater
From the Stella Fosse "Crones to Watch Out For" Series
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