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Allison Alter

Timelines

It seems so strange that it’s such a sunny, beautiful day…nice breeze…gorgeous. It feels like it should be cloudy knowing that in early…

Nov 6

Nov 6

Voices that Count

I make notes about what inspires me to rant about. At the moment it’s between this topic and another, one more negative than the other. I’m…

Sep 9

Sep 9

Too Green and Being Around Much Too Long

We have a thing, particularly with government elected officials, where we really super duper don’t like anyone who is a senior and has been…

Aug 16

Aug 16

Family Ties

Another Florida trip to visit a grandmother I had virtually no relationship with. I requested to go bra shopping. No idea why. I didn’t…

Apr 17

Apr 17

Ghost Stories

To paraphrase (and be a little pretentious…as one does), the 17th century French philosopher, Descartes, said that maybe the only thing we…

Apr 8

Apr 8

Crazy Barriers

I wasn’t always the partially well-adjusted middle-aged adult I am today. It’s been a long path with plenty of things to feel embarrassed…

Mar 27

Mar 27

The Cost of Things

We have convoluted and backwards notions of humanity. It’s a constantly shifting rating scale who is most worthy, and who we should leave…

Mar 15

Mar 15

Forward Thinking

I’m usually better at getting this thing out before the calendar page officially turns to January, but here we are, and I’m still not sure…

Jan 12

Jan 12

Helping Hands

I like taking on impossible things. Tasks with a high probability of failure. The more convoluted the path forward, the better. I like…

Dec 20, 2023

Dec 20, 2023

Life Happens When All Else Fails

I’ve been feeling itchy all day. I want to write…don’t know what to write about. For the past several years I’ve completed a gratitude…

Nov 24, 2023

Nov 24, 2023

Allison Alter

Allison Alter

educator, social worker, activist, writer, author of http://taleoftwomommies.wordpress.com, avid chocolate consumer and kibitzing enthusiast

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