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A Mother's Work is Never Done
Since I qualified 21 years ago, this year was almost the first with no kids in the house for mother’s day. But, it turns out one little cub will be here, maybe two! The other(s) return a few days later and you know what that means…..a reCrapping-of-the-house! In case you are new to the concept, here is the post from a year ago on the subject. It’s the gift that keeps giving even if you don’t want it. Oh what fun. I’ll definitely be covering that event for you here, so be sure to tune in and tell your friends.
Spring Cleaning 2023! “De-Crap Da Howze!”
A note: Aren’t you lucky that I am not part of the writer’s guild and on strike?? What’s that? Women’s Survival Guide is Free? Well, yes, it is. But, did you know, that you can upgrade to paid subscription and beat the rush come July and some pieces are hiding behind a paywall? It is possible. See below. Thank you to all who signed up last week. I am walking on air!
Spring Cleaning 2023! “De-Crap Da Howze!”
A note: Aren’t you lucky that I am not part of the writer’s guild and on strike?? What’s that? Women’s Survival Guide is Free? Well, yes, it is. But, did you know, that you can upgrade to paid subscription and beat the rush come July and some pieces are hiding behind a paywall? It is possible. See below. Thank you to all who signed up last week. I am walking on air!
Empty Nest Disorder (END)
I thought perhaps you might enjoy this post from last September, 2022.... I’m Kim and welcome to the Women's Survival Guide (WSG)— an artist, mother, wife and woman trying to figure out that “Now what!?” phase of life with positivity and humor. Thanks for joining me on this nutty ride.
Spring Has Sprung and Learning About The Game of Bridge and Gillian Miniter!
It’s Springy here in Boston. Cold, but not too cold. The daffodils are out and I love everything about them. They are a funny little surprise each Spring. Where will they pop up? There they are! Did I plant that bulb?
What was I doing? A 50 something's daily life. & “It suggests that we have a high cultural tolerance for women’s suffering,”
I love writing, I do. And I don’t need to get paid to feel like what I do is of value…But, I LIE. I want to be paid to write. It would make me feel validated to be paid by someone like you who has the incredibly good taste to read what I write. And then I can cover expenses, too.
The Magnolias are out! Mini-Move and A bit of De-Crapping
Dear readers…what can I tell you. I am holding back my latest interview because I’m not cooking on all cylinders. Cooking? Or is it running on all cylinders? My point: I’m not able to spend the time I need to on my latest interview this week.
Plan B. Welcome new readers! Is fifty, nifty? Sixty, sexy?
Maybe I will start calling my newsletterPlan Bbecause I seem to use it a lot.What? No! I don’t mean the pill for unwanted potential pregnancy! You guys. No! I mean the old fashioned use of the term, “plan B” like, “plan A didn’t work so I guess I’ll go to plan B.” That kind of plan B. Anyhoo. My next Maven is in the middle of a serious bridge tournament and I don’t want to cramp her style. Instead, I am going to do a little “free-style writing” for WSG number 60 and get her interview to you next week. Please read the following question:
Setting a table is a very conscious act. No one is going to suffer if you don’t set a table but the act of setting a table says something. You are welcome here.
Setting a table is a very conscious act. No one is going to suffer if you don’t set a table but the act of setting a table says something. You are welcome here. Typically, kids are the ones to set the dinner table. I wasn’t made to do it (at least I don’t remember doing so as an obligation). But I did make my kids put out the napkins and silverware each night for years. Now, when they come home they reach in the drawer and pull out the cloth napkins I have been using for years (Pierre Deux, or Pottery Barn), some silverware and water glasses, maybe even a candle. I used to use place matts that were either instructional for the kids, like a map, or the hard cardboard Britishy things that warp, eventually. At some point I stopped using the placemats on a regular basis. Soon, however, I will have some gleaming new placemats and napkins from Proper Table, more on that later (SEE discount code below!)!
Neurotic Tasmanian devil cleaning freak
Ever sit there staring at your phone, at your computer, at the TV, at your eyebrows, tweezers in hand, and think, “I am frozen.” Like, I cannot seem to get myself to do anything. Any thing. Nothing. I am staring at whatever it is so that I don’t have to do what it is I should be doing. Paying the bills. Cleaning the house. Making calls for this newsletter. Following up on pretty much everything. Raking out the kids’ mind blowingly cluttered rooms (see above). I have had trouble with this lately. Is it the diminishing estrogen?
Radio Lover, revisited!
I originally published this interview with Margery Eagan on Jul. 17, 2022. I know her from the MANY hours of listening to her show while I paint. I loved speaking with her because she is so easy to speak with and insanely down to earth. I'm republishing it now because it’s a little ray of sunshine (between the summertime publishing date and Margery) in this gloomy New England time of year. Plus, you’ll enjoy her recipe!
Pel's Picks Wizzy Wizzy Woo
wow. I mean. Wow. I am feeling battered and slapped around by this podcast process. GarageBand has me on the ground, one foot on my torso and a fist raised in victory. It has spit down at me and kicked dust in my face. GarageBand, maker and keeper of podcasts you have won…today. For I will seek vengeance against you. I shall rise up like a Phoenix and hog-tie you and make you perform for me and my readers and not the other way around…next time. Oh, yes. There WILL be a next time, GarageBand, you sneaky mother_ucker.
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