How dare you? — I am angry. This week I was Threading through Threads and came across a post from a woman that said, among other things: “How can I make my mother stop coloring her hair and just go grey? She’s 62 and not fooling anyone; she and her friends are old and…

ghosts of dinners past — There weren’t enough chairs at the table this Thanksgiving, but I don’t think anyone else noticed it. I mean, there were chairs for everyone that was expected: my mother-in-law of course, since it was her house! My sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, me and my husband. …

This is BIG NEWS! — Medium has launched a new membership level called Friend of Medium. It costs $100 more a year than the basic level and offers important benefits to consider while you decide if it’s right for you. Benefits The authors you read will receive 4x the payment from your reads. Any ‘Friend’ links…

it’s changed — Ten years old Bookmobile Saturday Two new books- mine all mine For two weeks! Chores done Dishes washed Clothes laid out for tomorrow. Pillow at the foot of the bed Reading by the glow of the hallway light Filtering through the barely cracked Bedroom door. (Flashlights were for adults in…

a step by step documentary — This is a sequel. Like all sequels, I imagine, it is being launched with trepidation. To find out how this mess happened, take a moment and catch up here. I’ll wait. DI-Why? Temu impulse shopping recovery missionmedium.com After several more YouTube videos and the sense that ‘I might as well get it over with’, I decided…

Temu impulse shopping recovery mission — Yep this is a Temu thing. An impulse thing. A Get Myself In The Spirit thing. It’s a camisole jumpsuit, because it would look amazing on my body type maybe if I am lucky and everyone squints and I stay either standing up straight or laying down flat, and sometimes…

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A Poem for Autumn —

October 5, 2023 — Roseanne RosannaDanna said it best “It’s always something”. And so it is: everyday is a ‘Day of’ this or that, isn’t it? But today is National Poetry Day and I think that’s worth celebrating. Poetry is the voice of the people, all people. Yes, sure; it’s also the voice of…