Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
The absolute one thing I must bring on vacation is ….. drumrolllllll….. TWEEZERS. Because, well, the hairs growing out of my chinny-chin-chin are abundant. Once rare, they now seem to form a sparse 5:00 shadow, in a desolate sort of way. So tweezers are my mainstay. Over lipstick. Over tampons. Over moisturizer. This was my must-have item to be left with on a desert island. Tweezers. But no more. Because
It’s the most, magical time…..of the year! Headed to a YMCA family camp. Don’t laugh, it’s amazing. Four square, line dancing, That’s Amoré, birdwatching, log fighting, swimming, hammock relaxing, aaaaMAZing. You may think it’s the middle of nowhere, but we it’s the center of our universe. Our family’s Nirvana. Our family’s Disney. Which we’ve never done. And never will. But this place we return to year after year, for 12 years,
Did you see it? The New York Times fabulous tech story on unplugging?? Not one to chant “I told you so” to anyone other than the kids, and my husband, and my sisters, and often my mother under my breath, but here’s proof that unplugging is not only good for the family, the psyche, relationships, business, but waa-laa — good for the brain as well. My tech-free vacation that seemed so
An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and (former) activist writing out loud with humor and grace about little life moments with big ripples, including the space between parenting and aging parents, social issues, angsty reflections of midlife, and, sigh, gun humpers. Still. Sometimes a big deal, sometimes not Mayer is a national award-winning columnist, according to the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, and her essays have been recognized as Voice of … Read More Here...
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xo Kate