Cover Your Bases
susan mernitEclectic, twice-monthly dispatches on AI, media, book, style, fitness and culture-- #badass ideas from a tech OG who's aging with energy and joy.
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Style Granny 20: Vintage Fall Finds You Can Buy
As I’ve been hunting resale sites for fall clothes, I’ve found far more good pieces than I’m going to buy. Most are under $85, in excellent condition, and in sizes 14 and 16, regular and petite. As an experiment, I’m passing some of them al...
Style Granny 19: My Kink Is Texture
I was about eight months into vintage shopping when I realized how much texture drives what I buy. Mohair, tweed, velvet, linen, eyelet: I am compelled by surfaces, touch, fabric weight, and drape. Since then, it’s been easier to sort out w...
Style Granny #18: The Year I Stopped Buying Boring Clothes
A year ago, right before I started shopping for vintage online, I was committed to my minimalist capsule wardrobe of jeans, fitted cashmere sweaters, and tees. They were functional, neat, and efficient, so I was good with that.
Then the mo...
Style Granny 17: I Took Zepbound in my 70s, Didn't Lose Muscle, and Turned Into A Powerlifter
I did not set out to become a competitive powerlifter. I set out to lose weight to avoid an obesity-related illness.
In 2023, I was 40 pounds heavier than I am now, so I started seeing a nutritionist. By 2025, I had lost 25 of those pounds...
Cover Your Bases #99: Eating for Strength, Cooking for the Life I Have Now
This issue is more focused than the usual Cover Your Bases assortment. I recently published two essays about food and powerlifting: one written during the final week of training for my second meet, and the other based on three years of cook...
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