Or some such bullshittery. — Being a woman in America means I’m shit as far as half the population is concerned. If I’d been paying attention and just accepted that status I might have gotten used to being the lesser. Instead, I’m still fighting against it. Emphasis on ‘still’. But I’m only one woman. How…

Remember that you’re dealing with raw nerves, sadness, and anger. Your words will matter in ways you can’t even imagine. — I wrote a bit of a rant yesterday and instead of posting it at my non-religious widowhood group on Facebook as I’d planned, I mistakenly posted it on my Facebook page for everyone to see. I don’t know how I made such a mistake but by the time I realized…

A mix of what I wrote last year. I can’t say my ‘favorites’, because some of them were painful. — Hello friends, here we are in the new year and nothing has changed except the year on our checks. Right? I thought about skipping this roundup, considering what a year I’ve had, but through it all I wrote, I published, I bared my soul more than I’ve ever done publicly…

If I seem almost normal now, it’s because of them. I want to talk a minute about friends. It’s easy to take our friends for granted when life is on an even keel. They’re available but not necessarily necessary. You know what I mean? …

It’s not kindness when we allow people to be hurt. — There’s much to celebrate in this country, what with a new administration working to right the things that have gone wrong and to change our attitudes about the need for legitimate, responsible Big Government. …

Or is it just me? — Okay, I’m mortified. I have what I laughingly call my ‘Author’s Page’, only because everyone else has one and some of them are exquisite and I’m a sheep. I’ve been building this page on WordPress and it’s like trying to do brain surgery blindfolded. They have blocks. Or sections. …

She looks at life from both sides now. — Set scene: It’s the Newport Folk Festival, July, 2022. After nine years away from the spotlight and 53 years after the last time she performed at the Festival, Joni Mitchell, in a surprise appearance, is back on stage. She’s singing ‘Both Sides Now’, her signature piece, a grueling song not…

So let me write it out and see what happens. — It’s been just over three months since Ed died and I’m no closer to figuring out what’s next than I was the day it happened. …

Hint: Ultimately nothing to the rest of us. I’m going to start this off with two caveats: One, I didn’t watch the entire Depp-Heard trial, only snippets. And two, I’ve never been the perpetrator or the victim of conjugal abuse. I have no skin in this game, so anything I…