A Surviving Facts Blog We are in the sixth week of the government shutdown. With both parties refusing to budge— and a lot of false rhetoric about who’s doing what— it’s likely that the shutdown could become the longest in history. This shutdown hits me personally. I get my and my daughters’ health care “onContinue reading “Health care crisis”
Author Archives: Cheryl Wipper
Lost and Found
Into the Wilderness: Story 55 A close family member and I have not spoken in almost 20 years. His children are adults with careers. He looks as he always did with less hair and a slightly bigger paunch. His wife— forgive me— looks like his mother. She hasn’t aged well, though it could be theContinue reading “Lost and Found”
Do I dare?
A Starting Over at Sixty Blog When living the corporate life, certain superficial things become important. A professional female executive has to dress right, style her hair a certain way and manicure her nails. I’m not talking about Cardi B nails. I’m referring to neatly trimmed, and almond-, round- or slightly squared-shaped gel polished nails.Continue reading “Do I dare?”
My Dogs Are Teaching Me to Fight the Patriarchy
A Starting Over at 60 blog My starting over has stalled. Stalled, stuck, stopped, stuffed. At least it feels that way. Truth is: I’ve been busy. I’m still packing up and unpacking, getting settled and getting used to less space. In typical mom fashion, I’m helping my husband and daughters organize and center. I comeContinue reading “My Dogs Are Teaching Me to Fight the Patriarchy”
Starting over isn’t easy
A Starting Over at 60 blog When I decided to create a new life at the young age of 60, I set up a number of parameters for myself. My goal has been to catapult myself out of a 30-year period of comfort and stability. To be clear, these years were punctuated by plenty ofContinue reading “Starting over isn’t easy”
Hegseth’s speech may be exactly what we needed
A Surviving Facts blog Did you watch this week’s military display? If you did, then whether you’re wearing red-colored or blue-tinted glasses, you heard what I heard: No fat people in the military. Hegseth’s Patton-flag-modeled Ted Talk was clear: fat people are disgusting, men need to be warriors again (is he referring to Vikings, whichContinue reading “Hegseth’s speech may be exactly what we needed”
Begin, Again
Starting over at 60: story 1 “Change,” the wind says lifting the browning leaves from the limbs. “Change,” the wild turkeys peck through the underbrush, unplugging slugs from soil slots. “Change,” the does stamp at the dogs yowling at the gate. “Change,” the squirrels natter with cheeks pouched with nuts. All around me, change. It’sContinue reading “Begin, Again”
I need a break
I am taking a break from writing a blog this week. I have learned, sadly, that making sense simply doesn’t matter, especially if you’re a certain authoritarian leader who stood before an important global group and spewed embarrassingly inaccurate “scientific” information. While the world snickered, meanwhile, MAGA called for “bombing” said global group over anContinue reading “I need a break”
Bad Girls
I haven’t shared a poem in years. Here’s a new one. Here’s to the bad girls, The ones who rise at midnight, Twitching for a fix Of wind in the valley or snow in the city. They rise and watch for ways to break Crystal and ceramics and stand- Ards forced by birth. These badContinue reading “Bad Girls”
Etherized upon a table
A Surviving Facts Blog This past week, with Kirk’s tragic murder and its sad, complex aftermath, has worn me out. Kirk is a victim. And so are all the transgender people who have been harmed by his defamatory, and false, rhetoric. Is being tired a medical condition? I am tired. I’m tired of conflict, divide,Continue reading “Etherized upon a table”
Walk the Moon 