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Holiday Heartache

December 12, 2024December 11, 2024 Posted in aerobics, Bah Humbug, binge watching, California, children, choices, chorus, Christmas, daughter, divorce, empathy, empty nester, fainting, family, girlfriends, holidays, homeless, Medicare, poem, relationships, Uncategorized, writingLeave a comment

(re-run from 2019) As I sit here on a Sunday afternoon, I have fluffy white “Iowa” clouds (cumulus) out the windows across the back of my house. I used to look into a wall, but that baby is gone, and now I have nature. This month has been so full already, three chorus concerts with… Continue reading Holiday Heartache

Making Time to Write

July 28, 2024July 27, 2024 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writingLeave a comment

(re-run) I used to write every day. That was back when I had sleeping babies and pre-schoolers that went to school on a regular schedule. Now that I’m an empty nester I think I am going to write every day, but then stuff happens. Like exercise classes and long hikes. Dog walks. Contractors. A sister… Continue reading Making Time to Write

Lock It Down

September 21, 2023September 20, 2023 Posted in biological clock, dating pool, divorce, empty nester, love, lovers, memoir, men, politics, relationships, ring, womenLeave a comment

When we were in our twenties and thirties, we were looking for a husband and father of our future children. Our biological clocks ticked louder the closer we got to 35, the cut-off point for a low-risk pregnancy. Yes, older women give birth after that, but fertility drops off in the thirties, and it is… Continue reading Lock It Down

Making Time to Write

September 14, 2021September 12, 2021 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writingLeave a comment

The Whole-house Shake-up

April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 Posted in children, doggie door, dogs, empty nester, Etsy, fitbit, memoir, mom, mom handbook, moving, relatives, sewing roomLeave a comment

My son is moving in. I offered him the bedroom furthest from mine, so that he can make a sandwich at midnight, and I can sleep through it. It was my sewing room, filled to the brim. On Monday my helper woman took the twin bed apart in the bedroom closest to mine. Then she… Continue reading The Whole-house Shake-up

The Pandemic Purge Continues

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Posted in American Girl dolls, basement, California, dolls, donations, empty nester, garage, memoir, mom, Monterey Bay, OCD, Peru, storage space, tornado1 Comment

They say you’re not an empty nester until the kids come claim their stuff. Therefore, these past years of living alone (one year with my sis) mean that even though my kids are grown and gone, I’m still Mom, holding onto their stuff. Some of that changed last weekend when two of my offspring came… Continue reading The Pandemic Purge Continues

Making Time to Write

November 22, 2020November 21, 2020 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writing2 Comments

Making Time to Write

August 30, 2020August 29, 2020 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writingLeave a comment

Making Time to Write

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writingLeave a comment

Making Time to Write

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 Posted in agent, author, contractor, dogs, empty nester, Facebook, writers, writing2 Comments

I used to write every day. That was back when I had sleeping babies and pre-schoolers that went to school on a regular schedule. Now that I’m an empty nester I think I am going to write every day, but then stuff happens. Like exercise classes and long hikes. Dog walks. Contractors. A sister to… Continue reading Making Time to Write