Kathryn Mayer • Writing Out Loud
I write stuff down. writer • humorist • activist
The first mom arrived promptly, walked to the front door, looking confused. “Do I have the right night?” she asked politely. I invited her in. “You never know how these things go. Might just be you, me, and a couple bottles of wine.” “Works for me!” she said. But I was nervous, and she knew it. “It’ll be okay. Everything will work out. Even if it is just you and me,
I became a one-issue, gun safety voter after December 2012. That’s when gun violence prevention trumped all other social issues, because everything else doesn’t matter when your community is dying.Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Yeah, I know. People with guns kill people, and people with more powerful guns and more rounds and no background checks kill even MORE people. We know. Public safety sort of wins, don’t you think? Suddenly,
An irreverent storyteller with a foul mouth and big heart, Kathryn Mayer (aka Kathy and/or Kate) is a writer, humorist, and 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 the Year … Read More Here...
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xo Kate