2020 EXAGGERATION SYNDROME

For most of us, 2020 has been outrageous–CIVIL UNREST, COVID, DEATH, CHAOTIC POLITICS, FIRES, FLOODS—and we still have three months to go. The news cycles these days are teeming with catastrophes.  Unfortunately, all this staying at home gives many of us too...

THE TRUTH ABOUT GOSSIPING

Ladies, do you remember your mother telling you that if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything?  And for good reason.  In the past, a woman caught gossiping could be in peril.  Women have been demonized as gossips since the 16th century.  At one point...

THANK YOU, RUTH

I owe my entire career to Ruth Bader Ginsberg.  Without her dogged determination to ensure women’s equality, I would most likely not have held good-paying jobs in the private sector.  President Richard Nixon’s attitude towards women was typical of the day.  The New...

THE BIG MEDICINE RIPOFF

If you were near my computer as I composed this blog, you would probably have seen smoke coming out of my ears.  I am steamed.  After a trip to the doctor, I stopped by the pharmacy to pick up an antibiotic prescription.  The pharmacist told me it would be $42 with my...

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION

Everything is driving me to distraction these days. I can’t focus. So, rather than knuckling down on writing my next book, I thought I would surf the internet for some clues to my malaise. And, sure enough, with enough diligence, I found some interesting information....

WHEN DREAMS DIE

Last year about this time I was busy planning adventures in my new RV, with the expectation of spending this summer on a road trip to Alaska, stopping at America’s numerous campgrounds. Today the dream is officially dead.  My home on wheels has been sold.  Right now,...
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