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Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud

I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist

When an unexpected guest arrives at your colonoscopy

April 13, 2018 by Kate Mayer 17 Comments

Pre-op waiting room.

Reminder popped up on my calendar, and I ignored it. Then another. And another. Again and again, reminding me it was that time again: time to renew my subscription to the colonoscopy club. I’ve written before about my frequent flyer membership to the let’s-not-die-of-colon-cancer club, and you may recall the love affair I have with my ass doctor. “Stop calling me that, Kathryn,” says the ass doctor. Only telemarketers and

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Kids these days: a sign of the times

March 22, 2018 by Kate Mayer 2 Comments

Newtown students rally in Hartford 2013

   My kids are professional sign makers. Or at least they should be. They’ve been making signs since a mass shooting in their hometown made Newtown a household name. They made signs for Hartford to March for Change in February 2013, just two months after the Sandy Hook massacre, the pinnacle of creating Connecticut’s smart, safe gun legislation. They made signs to stand outside National Shooting Sports Foundation, don’t let

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What do you write? This week in writing

March 8, 2018 by Kate Mayer Leave a Comment

This week has been very productive for banging the keyboard. Not pay wise, but advocacy wise. Does it make a difference? I like to think so, and doing nothing is not an option. Everybody’s a writer, but not everyone writes what others want to read, you know, on the beach. Or a long flight. Or waiting in line at parent pick-up. This week, for example, I put pen to paper,

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What you can do now before the next mass shooting

February 21, 2018 by Kate Mayer 2 Comments

I got an email from an old neighbor from some 20 years ago. Twenty. Way back when I was the young mom in Bath Ohio, had  three kids under three feet tall, pregnant with the fourth, and desperate for a good babysitter and her daughter came to our rescue. Back in 1999, Columbine happened and I sat, pregnant, crying, staring at the tv, wondering how in the world a kid could

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Scales are for haters

February 12, 2018 by Kate Mayer 7 Comments

Why you should never weigh yourself

I don’t have a scale in our house. Maybe it’s because we raised 3 and a half daughters and all the emphasis on weight and numbers for girls is soul crushing and I decided long ago I wasn’t gonna have any part of it. But then again, I don’t remember having a scale in my house growing up either. Maybe because my dad was fat – really fat – and

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Short month perfect for goals

February 1, 2018 by Kate Mayer 2 Comments

Starting off the New Year with a long list of goals is a recipe for failure. Dry January? Who does such a thing? If one more person says, “I’m on a cleanse” I’m gonna cleanse all over their shoes. Just don’t. At least not in January. Why start life changing habits on one of the longest, coldest, darkest months of the year? 31 days of the gym? No thank you.

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What NOT to ask a pregnant woman or high school senior

January 25, 2018 by Kate Mayer 6 Comments

advice for senior year and pregnant women

Oh, ’tis the season of senior year, when college acceptances come in the form of exciting emails with pomp and circumstance and virtual confetti, and big fat envelopes jammed into old school mailboxes. Proud parents post their boast about overachieving spawn’s ability to get into the college of their dreams and receive an umpteen million dollar scholarship. Parents often don’t mention they shelled out thousands (read THOUSANDS) of dollars to

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Emotional flood damage

January 17, 2018 by Kate Mayer 12 Comments

Emotions create flood damage for writer Kathryn Mayer

Can you separate life into its appropriate sections and keep your emotion in each designated compartment, like an invisible fence with big dog wattage? Not sure who deems what appropriate, but let’s just say designating mundane stuff like work and family. Sex and politics. Money. Racism. Parenting. Real parenting, not the bragfest people put on Facebook. The life we’re not supposed to talk about cuz ne’er shall the paths cross,

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Instagram post 2182800025514454810_3465815 Hitting snooze again and again. And again. Sleeping in. Lola having a super tough time getting up ‘n at ‘em this morning and wants to know why can’t the weekend start now?
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Instagram post 2170798090661998884_3465815 Wrote an essay comparing functioning government to vaginas. Healthy vag vs notsomuch. Got a lotta love for it, and a little bit of hate, but this text right here is the best!Did you vote? You better cuz a healthy government counts on it!
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#Newtown #SandyHook #RBG #newtowndems #civicduty #vote #voting #electionday #localelections #beheard #bethechange #electionday #thinkglobalactlocal #ctpolitics #gotv #getoutthevote #createchange #writingoutloud
Instagram post 2169954884605058029_3465815 Voting is the #1 way to fix what’s broken, send a message, and give you platform of credibility to comment on future community decisions.Also, my sister got a llama. His name is Tina. •
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#gunlawssavelives #votegunsense #enough #honorwithaction
Instagram post 2167811177147690811_3465815 Newtown: put in your calendar — don’t forget to vote Tuesday. Local elections keep out community afloat. Don’t know who to vote for? Ask some you respect. Or ask someone you don’t, and do the opposite. There’s incredibly talented candidates running. Amazeballs. •
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Instagram post 2166442946000370589_3465815 Why can’t we have nice things?? Beto came to Newtown for #endgunviolence round table courtesy of @newtownactionalliance. The questions, especially from the students in the audience, were smart, multi-faceted, thorough, tough, and inclusive; his answers personal, smart, educated, vulnerable. He’s the real deal.Even TrumpHumper disrupter couldn’t dampen an extraordinary evening.
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Instagram post 2164795281470821845_3465815 Happy birthday to the best boy ever. “Boy” no longer! Thanks for an awesome 20 years!
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Instagram post 2162672797090983784_3465815 Local elections matter in how we function — or not — day to day. Mark your calendar now with reminders to vote Nov 5.Be heard. If you don’t know who to vote for, or against, ask somebody you respect. But pls vote, cuz decisions made down the road are decided here at the polls.#ctpolitics #resist #beheard #smalltown #gotv #newtown #sandyhook #getoutthevote #electionday #actlocalthinkglobal #dosomething
Instagram post 2157789287633124808_3465815 What a fabulous night at @byrdsbooks w martinis & @elissa_altman’s motherland. Can’t think of a better way to spend a Friday! Thx Alice, for creating such a fab night. •#writing #smartfunnystrongwomen #writingoutloud #memoir #ellissaaltman #bethel #agingparents #caregivers #ctwriters #amreading #memoir #storytelling #CTwriters #midlifewriters #emptynest
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CT writer humorist activist kathryn mayer

An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (also known by Kathy and Kate), is a writer, humorist, and activist writing out loud with humor and grace about the little moments of life with big ripples, including parenting, social issues, midlife, and, sigh, gun violence prevention. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes notMayer is national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of the Year from SheKnows/BlogHer, named Best … Read More Here...

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