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#losangeles #hollywood #la
September 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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#Resilience #Essays #MindBodyConnection
August 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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"If it sounds like I may have been overreacting, that’s because I was, but my attempts at stress management had failed. The application process had driven me around the bend."

#boomers #ai
August 11, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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"I used to stare at the commanding structure, studying it every chance I got…”

#whatmakesahome #memoir #la
July 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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“Thank you so much for this truly stunning example of passive-aggression...“

#neighbors #apartmentliving #nosmoking
July 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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#life #family #writingcommunity
June 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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“Flight attendants, take your jump seats.”

He sounded calm but concerned, and while I did not panic…”

#unexpected #life #curveball
June 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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#life #oops #writing
June 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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“I can build an entirely new imaginary existence for myself in the time it takes to walk the dog (approximately 90 minutes).”

#life #writing #daydreams
May 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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#Life #Nature #Writing
May 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"How did M.E. get out there? What was the chain of events that led to my housekeeper being stranded on the veranda for hours? She preferred not to say."

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#life #funnymoments
April 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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“Ache achy cache check cheek cheeky …”

My fingers were flying across the grid this morning.

”Each, heck hack hake happy peach peachy and then the big one … paycheck!”

#wordle #connections
April 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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 “Well, she NEVER did the testing and now she’s a goner. Just goes to show you.”

#life #aginggracefully
March 24, 2026 at 11:45 AM
“I think the sweet spot is between 72 and 82,” I said to Michael during one of our long, long walks.  “That’s when we need to be focused on adventure and fun or whatever it is that calls to us before our bodies begin to break down in earnest.”

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#substack #sweetlife
February 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"I have written about luck before. It is a concept that confounds me. I wrestle with the idea of it, with the way that, good or bad, it is present in our lives."

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#countingmyblessings #lifelessons #resilience
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
"When we were there in the 80s, we were just two young women trying desperately to get help for, and to raise awareness of, young people who were dying of then-unknown causes."

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#aids #civilrights #lgbtqia
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“Because you are a senior,” the young woman explained…

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#writing #hollywood #substack
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January 13, 2026 at 5:31 PM
“You will not make it here,” I was told. “You will want to leave, or we will have to ask you to leave… you are too young.”

The one sure way to get me to do something is to tell me that I can’t.

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#HappyNewYear #nostalgia
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Did I remember to order the bow tie? Who am I forgetting? ... Did I get stamps? How many RSVPs do we have for the Christmas party?"

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#holidayseason #decembervibes #GoodShepherdHome
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"It was painfully clear that my darling device and I were approaching the last of our time together, that we would soon have to part."

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#ageless #bethbroderick #techhumor
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Her countertops overflowed with her absolute favorite Caramel Popcorn, which she lost more than one tooth crunching into.”

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#agingtaste #sweettooth #substack
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“I have to do it.” I told my nephew Journey. “I have never done it, and I do not want to do it but, it’s got to be done.” …

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#onlinedating #ghosting #agewithconfidence
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"I made my entrance sporting a giant rainbow boa made of some kind of synthetic fabric that weighed a ton and was hot as Hades."

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#writing #dance #arts
October 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“It felt like an alien had straddled my cranium and was sucking up whatever good stuff might exist inside my head. The thing was the very definition of a “killjoy.””

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#GratitudeEveryday #ChronicIllness
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“You shouldn’t be pretty. I mean, you are, but you shouldn’t be.”

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#writing #aging #beauty
September 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM