Excerpt from You’re Always 39: How to manage and recover from late career job loss and reinvent yourself, my book coming out in October 2026! Around ten years ago, I was in a video meeting focused on fixing an issue with a struggling product. Customer sales and satisfaction had plummeted, affecting the company’s core business.Continue reading “Hags, Witches and Grams: Images of Aging Women in Popular Culture “
Author Archives: Cheryl Wipper
Cornhole and the Olympics?
An I-have-no-idea-what-series-this belongs-to Blog Curling has been rocked by scandal. While I haven’t figured it out yet, or even read anything about it, the breaking news story is that the Swedes have accused the Canadians of cheating by tapping the granite rock with a finger as it passes the “hog line,” the line over whichContinue reading “Cornhole and the Olympics?”
Dogs and MAGA Dissonance
A Surviving Facts Blog A friend recently gave my dogs their now favorite toy: an Orange-meister squeaker toy. I had no idea the joy I would have watching them rip the doll apart. Now, my MAGA friends may want to declare me horribly disrespectful, misguided and vile. To this I say, “do what you must.”Continue reading “Dogs and MAGA Dissonance”
White people don’t get it
A Surviving Facts Blog for Black History Month Please note: this blog in no ways intends to minimize the atrocities the Jewish people have experienced for millennia. Jews were slaves long before Africans were brought to America and were tortured by numerous societies before Hitler. I based my comments on the fact that Hitler studiedContinue reading “White people don’t get it”
Nara doesn’t eat cake
A Surviving Facts Blog As I’ve shared before, I’ve spent too many hours— mouth agape except for muttered curse words— exploring the trad wife trend on social media. One of the early influencers in this area— although I don’t think the trad wife category really fits her— is Nara Smith. Nara, now a mother ofContinue reading “Nara doesn’t eat cake”
Bob’s Your Uncle
Into the Wilderness: Story 61 The scenario. You’re eating Cheerios with oat milk, stepping snow-logged boots onto your commuter bus or simply sitting at your desk with a nice cold foam brew when it happens. A memory laden with rage or despair roils out of your synapses and your lungs clench in a breathless remembrance.Continue reading “Bob’s Your Uncle”
Is it a Ho Ho or the Apocalypse?
A Surviving Facts Blog (though it feels like the end of the world as we know it) My depression looks like a half eaten Ho Ho, an imitation one because this came from a bakery rather than a box. I’ve been eating healthy— make good choices, I say to myself— but I succumbed yesterday justContinue reading “Is it a Ho Ho or the Apocalypse?”
I got nuttin’
A Surviving Facts Blog I am paralyzed— emotionally, mentally and physically. I have words to write, deadlines to make, a small business to run… and I can’t. I watch Substack videos, read news articles, compare coverage to see viewpoint differences. I try to make sense of what I hear, I cant. I cannot comprehend sentences.Continue reading “I got nuttin’”
Putting out the trash: A New Year’s wish
A Surviving Fact Blog Typos corrected The beginning of a new year is always a great time to purge and get rid of the things you don’t want. Here’s what I’m getting rid of this year. I have a huge garbage bin as big as I can imagine—made from recycled materials, of course. It’s stuffedContinue reading “Putting out the trash: A New Year’s wish”
Writing and rebellion
A Surviving Facts Blog This little blog of mine is hardly a threat to our government. I have a solid reader base and know both supporters and detractors read and comment. This is my microcosm of rebellion. If I took my comments to Tik Tok or instagram and spoke my fear and discontent out loudContinue reading “Writing and rebellion”
Walk the Moon 