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Laurie Kendrick | Life is a Journey: Never Fly Coach
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A humor/lifestyle/entertainment blog
LATEST ARTICLES ( 252 )
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The Funny Thing About Aging
First of all, IS there anything funny about aging?Probably, I just can’t think of anything right now.I can tell you this much—the aches and pains associated wit... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Teeth
Let’s take a break shall we from my many personal woes, all the geo-political horrifics that keep getting worse, the Never Trumpers and Hillary and other... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
IRA? ISIS? What’s the Difference?
I’m watching the horror unfold in the U.K. once again. Well, they’re calling it horror….I’ve yet to see any evidence. But the Bobbies are in full... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Listen Up, Third Wave Feminists
She was obese….I only mention that to set the scene and sadly, it’s a common one….and dressed in a way that only emphasized her size. Read more
Posted on 02 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Downward Dog
It’s a popular yoga position and a new TV show.The latest episode aired tonight. And yes, it moved me as it always does,Downward Dog is about a dog... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Anne Frank and My Life
I visit my other every other day in the memory facility (nursing home) and our visits are usually business related (signatures, are needed, bills must be... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Seeing Inside
I had a few minutes alone with my mother at her rehab facility. It’s a nursing home, really…but ardly the sad, urine stenched homes for the elderly they use... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Resignation
Surrender. Resignation. Settling, not for less, but by means of finding one’s comfort zone in areas where comfort can’t exist.A lot of has happened i th... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Conversations with Life
Not your life….not his life….MY life.And in these dialogs, Life teaches me things….marvelous Life lessons and I’ve even taught Her few things, too. Read more
Posted on 07 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
On The Road To Zen
I’ve just learned that one of my passions has an Italian name. Dolce far niente means the joy or sweetness of doing nothing, which is what I’ve been doing a lo... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Dear Younger Self
My darling younger Laurie,What I am doing is nothing new. In fact, writing letters to one’s younger self is downright hackneyed. Everyone does it. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
As The Writer Writes
I watched the movie, “The Outsiders” a few days ago, from the comfort of my uncomfortable old couch. If memory serves and it really hasn’t been lately, I the... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Politics of Dating
In Broascaating, you collect a lot of unemployment and you do odd jobs odd people who really, really liked you on the air. They almost only ever agree to an... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
In Praise of Meaty Women 2017
If you,d cut me in half, you’d count 58 rings. Yep, this old tee with boobs and graying hair with some blond in there somewhere, thank you, have seen a lot o... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Fran and The Clothes Hamper: A True Story
It was June, 1967 and I was eight years old.Earlier that year, my parents decided to break free of the shackles of abject middle classdom and create nothing... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Globalization
WIth President Trump in office, we hear so much about the term “globalization” these days. With a successful businessman at the nation’s helm, the word might... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Lottery
“I only have to make it through the news”, she thought. “I just have to stomach the news.”The lottery numbers were always announced just before the weather... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Birthday Plus One
Yesterday, I turned 58. Didn’t you see the skywriting? The fireworks ? Didn’t you feel the Earth’s axis shift a smidge??? Read more
Posted on 24 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
Birthday
It’s Earth Day and my birthday.The irony of April 22, a day set aside for revering Mother Earth and while celebrating the anniversary of my birth isn’t los... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION -
What Is It About Hair???
Actor/musician, Lenny Kravitz was once quoted as saying:“I needed to change my energy, so I cut my hair…..Now, I’m growing some new energy.”And then there’s... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION