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Next Year in Review

I’m not looking forward to the next year. Correction. I’m not looking forward to the next four. I anticipate perpetual anxiety and rage…

Jan 4

Jan 4

I See You…maybe

If someone asked me to prove who I am, I might side-eye them for such a silly question in certain contexts…or hunt for my driver’s license…

Dec 21, 2024

I See You…maybe

Dec 21, 2024

I Suppose I’m Thankful This Year Too

I’ve been doing these annual gratitude pieces for several years now. I’ve been on the fence about it this year. It’s not so much that I…

Nov 27, 2024

Nov 27, 2024

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, 2024

Nov 6, 2024

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, 2024

Sep 9, 2024

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, 2024

Aug 16, 2024

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, 2024

Apr 17, 2024

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, 2024

Apr 8, 2024

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, 2024

Mar 27, 2024

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, 2024

Mar 15, 2024

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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