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I grew up in the 60s and 70s, which was the time of what was called the Second Wave of the Women's Movement. There were women in the news who were marching, shouting, burning bras, writing books, and otherwise doing all they could to draw attention …

On my mother’s side of my genetic tree, I come from a long line of short people. Mymaternal grandmother did not make it to 5’. Her many siblings, spread over Butler andMuhlenberg counties in Kentucky, never reached over 5’2&rdq…

I am 76 years old, and I’ll tell you this. I’ve always loved the 4 of July.  Growing up in a relatively poor family on the Southside of Oklahoma City, it seemed to me that we didn’t have a lot to cheer about.  M…

Starting in High School and continuing over the course of my adult life I have attended more than a few Job Fair/Career Expo events. Sometimes as a job seeker and sometimes representing an entity looking to hire. Most have been informative, occasion…

To show I wasn’t just a stuck-in-his-ways-has-been old man, nor a card-carrying luddite, I asked Claude AI to write a few lines about ageism. Here is what Claude said:“Ageism remains one of the most socially accepted forms of discrimin…

There was a concept presented to me several years ago about what it means to be in crisis. What I learned was that in many cases, a crisis is equal parts danger and opportunity. Sure, there are some not so great things about to happen but if we chan…