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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.
Sweat and the City
It’s summer 2024 and this genetically predisposed city kid is once again happily roaming Manhattan’s upper west side, walking Sam the dog, and gawking. As a confessed non-reader of fashion magazines or the New York Times Styles section, there is still no place like a big city to discover the current trends in female apparel. The sidewalks are a veritable runway, with scores of young women reflecting what’s hip this season. This energetic neighborhood is home to gaggles of young Xs, Ys, and Zs, but with an adequate number of those us who look like their chaperones to assure me
A Night at The Opera
My husband likes opera. Me? Not so much. If I had to rate my feelings regarding opera on a scale with “Hate” being
Still Crazy After All These Years…..
It's May, the merry month of May, or so says one of the musical numbers from the show "Camelot." But for me,
Keeping It Under Wraps
I’m in my kitchen staring down at what used to be my cutting board but now looks like a setting for a horror
Can We Talk?
It’s 2022, and if you’re only just getting last year’s slang, forget it! Gen Z has invented a whole new lexicon. The March
Bring Back More Good Old Words!
It’s been almost a year and a half since I launched my campaign to invite lost words back into our everyday English vocabulary.
Four Score Plus One
I had a very lovely Super Bowl Sunday birthday. Thank you for asking. And the outcome of our marital scrimmage about which occasion
The Cincinnati Bengals and L.A. Rams vs. Me!
If my parents had been able to foresee the future, I’m sure they would have done things differently. But back then how could