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It Is Still September. Not Pink. Teal!

Posted in Cancer, Woman Up, tagged , , , , on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It is still September. It is still Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Our color is not pink. Our color is teal. My friend Christie Buckner died at age 39. My April 2010 post about her on Politics Daily prompted so many reader letters that I wrote a followup quoting from them. Christie, somewhere there’s a memorial [...]

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Mother’s Day: A Texas Magnolia Who Finally Faded

Posted in Pop Culture, Woman Up, tagged , , , , , on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

[originally published by Politics Daily in 2010; reposting for Mother's Day 2011] My grandmother Grace Crawford Longino came into this world in 1901 and left it in 2002. In mid-century she seemed to be the most important woman in her town of Huntsville, Texas. By the time she died, she was almost forgotten except by [...]

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Mom Has Cancer. Her Son Reacts.

Posted in Cancer, Woman Up, tagged , , , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

My friend Julie Levine had everything I lacked: A charmed childhood, beautiful kids. I might have envied her had she not been the nicest person I ever met. And, therefore, a magnet for cancer. (On an Internet bulletin board I once frequented, we joked that compassion and a zest for living were risk factors.) Julie [...]

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Open Letter to My High School Class. Especially Paula.

Posted in Cancer, Pop Culture, Social Media, Woman Up, tagged , , , , on March 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »

In my four decades since graduating, I have avoided high school reunions. But this year we’re coming up on the 40th anniversary, and you know how everyone likes round numbers. And, unlike ten years ago, we now have facebook. Just a month ago, my maiden name was nowhere to be found on the Internet. I [...]

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Wisconsin Protesters: Can You Spare Some Solidarity?

Posted in Politics, Woman Up, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Sorry, Wisconsin protesters. I want to root for unions. But I can’t. That’s because they’re only for the working man and woman. They don’t seem to care about the unemployed and the legions of Americans forced into part-time work. As depicted in the British comedy “I’m All Right Jack” — I’m all right, and to [...]

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