Tag Archives: Culture

Dear Jalen, This Won’t be Covered at Training Camp….

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

Dear Jalen, I’m a 55-year-old, menopausal woman who blogs about culture and travel. Most of your fan base would assume that I’ve got nothing in common, and nothing to say, to a 21-year-old Heisman trophy finalist about to take on … Continue reading →

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The Coronavirus Kick I Needed

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

The governor of Pennsylvania announced that the state owned liquor stores, the only places to buy wine and liquor in the state, would close due to the coronavirus. As soon as the news hit our Apple news feed, all the … Continue reading →

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Venue #1 of “The Debauchery Tour 2019” Paris

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

Warning: Explicit material – I mean art- follows.   “The Debauchery Tour 2019” started as two moms visiting a college aged kid doing a semester abroad. It was one of those rare times in life when everyone on the family … Continue reading →

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Ginkgo Trees- the Chitlins of Japan

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

If you’ve ever smelled a Ginkgo tree, or chitlins, my guess is you could all give me the same one word description without thinking too hard. Poo. Both have stenches so offensive you could also tell me where you were, … Continue reading →

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I Found Drogon….And Flowers…. In The Desert

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

For the Big Money: Q: Why is California called the Golden State? Not the gold rush Nothing to do with golden tans (or bronzer) Gold Finger is just a bad guess A: Golden hills. That’s right. The hills of California … Continue reading →

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April Showers Brings May….. Gogatsu-byou?

Posted on May 25, 2019 by

Show of hands- who gets crabby in May? I’m 54 years old and just found out that condition I have suffered from each and every May that I can remember has a name. I’ve heard a nasty rumor that Offsprings … Continue reading →

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When Your New Job Changes Time…

Posted on May 2, 2019 by

  I’ve had some good jobs in my time. Some that were pretty high on the Bureacratic food chain. I’ve had career positions so important I tried to use them for my personal benefit. Like the time I spent a … Continue reading →

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Girls’ Trip… Menopause Style

Posted on March 28, 2019 by

A long time ago, (my twenties) in a galaxy far away (New Orleans), I went on a girls’ trip. We spent a week in the Big Easy like a troupe of vampires carousing at night, and sleeping through the day. … Continue reading →

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Panic and the KonMari Method

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

Have any of you read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo? I haven’t either. The title is enough to induce an immediate panic of the type usually requiring medication. For those of you who don’t know, … Continue reading →

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“Mono no aware”

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

Japan changed me. In a bad way. If you had told college-aged Ouisar-san that she would skip her daily afternoon nap in order to take pictures of a flower field, I would have instructed you to put down the crack … Continue reading →

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