My Latest Posts
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- Hags, Witches and Grams: Images of Aging Women in Popular Culture 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, IContinue reading “Hags, Witches and Grams: Images of Aging Women in Popular Culture “
- 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 theContinue reading “Cornhole and the Olympics?”
- Dogs and MAGA DissonanceA 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 ripContinue reading “Dogs and MAGA Dissonance”
- White people don’t get itA 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 slavesContinue reading “White people don’t get it”
- Nara doesn’t eat cakeA 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 ofContinue reading “Nara doesn’t eat cake”
- 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 becauseContinue 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 SubstackContinue reading “I got nuttin’”
- Putting out the trash: A New Year’s wishA 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 whatContinue reading “Putting out the trash: A New Year’s wish”
- Writing and rebellionA 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 andContinue reading “Writing and rebellion”
- A horrible, awful, terribly no good year.A Surviving Facts blog New Year’s Eve— the end of one year and the beginning of another— is my least favorite day of the year. I have my reasons. It’sContinue reading “A horrible, awful, terribly no good year.”
- White men woesA Surviving Facts Blog Guess what, white men? Your anti-diversity policies are backfiring. Since Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion, fewer white men are getting into and going toContinue reading “White men woes”
- I failed my MRI, and I’m alive because of itInto the Wilderness: Story 58 Ten years ago, I was hospitalized with acute abdominal pain. My temperature was 105, and I was vomiting and crying with pain. Less than anContinue reading “I failed my MRI, and I’m alive because of it”
- Please, And Thank YouWe are entering the holiday season when gratitude, gatherings and gifting carry us to year’s end. I rarely ask for favors or gifts, but I am boldly asking for oneContinue reading “Please, And Thank You”
- A losing equationA Surviving Facts blog Sometimes I wonder if loss ever goes away— the feelings of loss at least. Loss is such an amorphous and capricious emotion. It can be asContinue reading “A losing equation”
- The New Nasty Woman: Marjorie’s MovementA Surviving Facts Blog What the heck has happened to Marjorie Taylor Greene? Seriously. When did the scales fall from her eyes? And how? What did it? What specifically? Here’sContinue reading “The New Nasty Woman: Marjorie’s Movement”
- Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws? Part 2 of original blog published March 2025A Surviving Facts blog Last March, I wrote a blog about Project 2025 being the far right’s new Nuremberg Laws. Forgive another “told you so”— last week I re-published withContinue reading “Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws? Part 2 of original blog published March 2025”
- Yep, They’re Still Assholes- Part 2 of original blogA Surviving Facts Blog Forgive typos— I’m having a moment. I wrote this original blog a few months ago before billionaire greed moved more into the spotlight. Recently, Billie Eilish,Continue reading “Yep, They’re Still Assholes- Part 2 of original blog”
- Health care crisisA 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—Continue reading “Health care crisis”
- Hegseth’s speech may be exactly what we neededA 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 peopleContinue reading “Hegseth’s speech may be exactly what we needed”
- Etherized upon a tableA 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 transgenderContinue reading “Etherized upon a table”
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Walk the Moon 