Author Archive: Nancy
Quiz
Since April is National Poetry Month, I’ve written this blog in free verse. But don’t worry, it’s still weird, silly me in there. QUIZ I’ve never lost my love of personality tests. Multiple choice in twenty questions to indicate my Compassion (A minus) or my Loyalty (D plus) or my ability or lack …
Copycats – Part 2 (The Silly Side)
Ten days ago, I wrote about the little copycat I was as a kid. And how on one occasion in high school, a pretty and popular girl paid me a small but important compliment by copying my outfit. Because I wanted that story to be a sweet tribute to the memory of my beautiful classmate, I …
Spending Plan
A few weeks ago, Credit Card Insider reached out to bloggers with an idea they called “Financially Fabulous in 2016.” They were seeking some interesting insights for their readers about planning for retirement and saving money. But I am incapable of writing an interesting piece about saving money. I may have worked for nearly 40 years …
Copycat
I was one of the all-time worst (or best, depending on how you look at it) copycats. Being a homely, skinny, weird-looking thing with two older sisters, it was probably inevitable that I would want to copy them. I both worshiped and despised my sisters – as anyone with older sisters will understand. They went …
My Shortest Career
I’ve written before that I thought I could have been be a good doctor – even though my short-lived career in Nursing didn’t exactly go well. (“I Coulda Been Somebody”) I wrote back then that the hospital work was okay, but that the academic side was drudgery. That was not exactly true. I am a …
In Praise Of Pantyhose
Erma Bombeck, graduated from the University of Dayton in 1949, lived with her husband and family in Centerville, Ohio, and inspired people worldwide with her columns and books about life’s trials and tribulations. Her memory lives on with the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition hosted every two years by the Washington-Centerville Public Library and the Erma Bombeck …
All Girls Are Welcome Here
In honor of International Women’s Day, here’s my 2015 salute to all girls – in all the wondrous forms we take. ALL GIRLS ARE WELCOME HERE Did you know that Amelia Earhart designed her own clothes? I can’t tell you how much I am cheered by this fact. Recently I had a conversation with an …
Unbreakable?
I was doing my hair the other day when my curling iron broke. Even though I wear my hair straight, I use one of those big-barreled curling irons to give me some body. And to get all my hair going in basically one direction. I have cowlicks. Year ago, in my college Art class, we …
Authenticity
The older I get, the more I desire to be true to myself. That can be a little tricky for women. We have so many faces. I see my husband – and other men – who seem to have one role, one face. “This is who I am.” they say. And it is who they …
Einstein Boating
A question – amongst all the questions I ask myself in my so-called older years: What is worth spending money on? Do I really want new clothes when I have drawers and drawers of clothes? Well, yes, of course I do. But how much will more sweaters add to my happiness in my twilight …
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