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SUSAN’S UNFILTERED WIT
Observations about life from the far side of the hill
Susan started writing when she discovered, in retirement, that she looked terrible in golf clothes and canasta had way too many rules. Looking for something personally meaningful to do that did not require wearing polo shirts, she enrolled in a class for fledging writers. Not quite ready to tackle the great American novel, she began to write short, witty essays about life from the perspective of “a woman of a certain age.”
Deciding that the world needed another Erma Bombeck and\or Nora Ephron, with a bit of Andy Rooney thrown in for good measure, she went public. Susan created her blog, now called Susan’s Unfiltered Wit, where she continues to entertain her generation of pre-baby boomers and beyond with new posts twice a month.
Flipping Out
The other evening, I accidentally discovered a new link to my inner child. I lost my front tooth. Or, as my dentist exclaimed, “My dear, you have fractured your incisor.” Call it what you will, I now have a gaping space in my mouth that is aligned with my left nostril, and completely visible when I talk, laugh, smile or eat. None of which I had ever considered giving up, particularly the last one. Rediscovering one’s inner child is thought to be very therapeutic. But this path I do not recommend. My speech pattern has regressed to that of a
Flipping Out
The other evening, I accidentally discovered a new link to my inner child. I lost my front tooth. Or, as my dentist exclaimed,
Notorious SBA
Raise your hand if you know that today is the birthday of Susan B. Anthony. As I thought. Only one hand raised, and
Still Complaining After All These Years
Everyone is writing a book these days – John Kerry, Michelle Obama, Bob Woodward, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Chris Christie, Howard
Taking the Plunge
Hey boys and girls, in case you haven’t noticed, it’s Awards season. Did you know there are some 44 different awards events between
Take with Food. Or Not.
As the song asks, “Are you ready?” Because ready or not, here we are again, on the cusp of a brand new year.
What If…….?
I was involved in a fender bender the other night. No air bags inflated and no one was hurt. But the left front
T’is the Season to Eat Latkes….
Dear Readers: I hope you all had a lovely and relatively stress-free Thanksgiving, filled with good food and good company, and
Taken Without a Grain of Salt
It seems to me there’s a critical age at which each time you add another candle to your cake, you also add another
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