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SUSAN’S UNFILTERED WIT
Observations about life from the far side of the hill
Susan started writing when she discovered, in retirement, that she looked terrible in golf clothes and canasta had way too many rules. Looking for something personally meaningful to do that did not require wearing polo shirts, she enrolled in a class for fledging writers. Not quite ready to tackle the great American novel, she began to write short, witty essays about life from the perspective of “a woman of a certain age.”
Deciding that the world needed another Erma Bombeck and\or Nora Ephron, with a bit of Andy Rooney thrown in for good measure, she went public. Susan created her blog, now called Susan’s Unfiltered Wit, where she continues to entertain her generation of pre-baby boomers and beyond with new posts twice a month.
Anthropo…. What?
Anthropomorphism, that’s what. You may not know the word, but I’ll bet you a month’s worth of Starbuck’s Chocolate Cream Cold Brew that you know what it is. We all grew up with it. Kids still do. Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Bugs Bunny, Mr. Ed, talking teapots, minions, and the like. Anthropomorphism, a multi-syllabic word that’s difficult to pronounce on one exhalation, is defined as the attribution of human characteristics or behaviors to a god, animal, or object. Even as adults, we are constantly exposed to it in TV commercials: talking lizards, bears selling toilet paper, a talking box imploring
Talk to Me
So your Gen Z grandkid is home from school. (Can you believe she’s in college already!?!) You overhear her talking on her iGen
To Do, or Not to Do, that is the Question
So I just had another birthday. How do I feel about that? Since you only stop having them after you’re dead, I guess
Love Has Its Day
Did you know that Valentine’s Day has been celebrated since 496 AD? So it’s not some contemporary occasion
Want to Add Years to Your Life? Try Complaining.
What a great time to be a professional complainer. Like myself. And to have written a how-to book about the subject, which will,
Ponderables
Perhaps it’s the post-holiday season lull, or the lull in my brain due to a horrid head cold, but lately I find myself
Good for What Ails You!
He’s ba-a-a-ck! Baby New Year, that is, this time ringing in, not just a new year, but a whole new decade. And as
What’s the Big Idea?!?
Think you have enough gadgets and energy-saving devices that make life so much easier? Well, you don’t. Because each year new products appear
Woman’s Best Friend?
I am crestfallen. Dispirited. Sad. Dejected. Although in this matter, I prefer crestfallen to the other synonyms since the origin of the word