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    My So Called Life,  Divorced. Now what?

    Love is Dead – Casualty of the Divorce

    September 6, 2020 /No Comments

    I wanted the opposite of what my mother had. Instead I ended up in somewhat the same place — and I'm not trying again.

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  • Rotting Roots

    The Mother of All Resentment

    August 31, 2020 /No Comments

    Lunch with my mother brings up all kinds of resentment. Reminders that my mother is a narcissist.

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  • My So Called Life

    More Adventures in Social Distancing

    August 29, 2020 /No Comments

    Pedicures, a reopened Alamo Drafthouse, and physically dragging La Llorona away from strangers who don't want her in their six-foot bubble.

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    In the Navy – Tales of Misogyny

    August 5, 2020 /No Comments

    A Chief asked me to step down from a committee I'd chaired for two years so his buddy could get the eval bullet. I said no.

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    Ready or Not – Don’t Come to a Battle of Wits Unarmed

    August 4, 2020 /No Comments

    She tried to make up new rules mid-game to stop me from winning. It's a board game, but it's also never really about the board game

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