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Age of Empathy

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I Kicked the “Cool Woman” Out of My Car

I‘m done being easy emotional prey — It seemed to start with Queen Bee “Cindy”* picking me out from the rest of the dining group. It ended with my kicking her out of my car on a DC street on a bright hot summer day. Looking back, I think it really started decades ago. That was the…

Self Esteem

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I Kicked the “Cool Woman” Out of My Car
I Kicked the “Cool Woman” Out of My Car
Self Esteem

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The Daily Cuppa

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Yes, There Can Be Too Much Ice Cream

August in Buffalo: It was sticky, and we craved ice cream.

Ice Cream

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Yes, There Can Be Too Much Ice Cream
Yes, There Can Be Too Much Ice Cream
Ice Cream

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The Memoirist

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Tax Day and a Message from the Beyond

You can only hear if you’re willing to listen — Like most non-billionaires, I already had negative feelings associated with Tax Day. Then in 2010, my Dad died in the ICU on April 14, a few short hours after his doctor told my brother that he’d probably pull through — because “he’s a fighter.” Dad loved kids, had a wicked…

Family History

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Tax Day and a Message from the Beyond
Tax Day and a Message from the Beyond
Family History

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Crow’s Feet

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Buying High, Selling Low

The worst decision I ever made — I asked my Mother once what regrets she had about her life. She said she only had regrets about things she didn’t do, not the things she did. I wish I could say the same. My two biggest regrets are evenly divided between a decision I consciously made to take…

Decisions Matter

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Buying High, Selling Low
Buying High, Selling Low
Decisions Matter

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The Daily Cuppa

·4 days ago

These Were Not the Birthday Greetings I Was Expecting

It’s true. Seniors do talk about their ailments too much. But last week, I knew that I’d officially joined the Medicare crowd. How? I got more birthday greetings from health care providers than from friends: my physical therapist, my GI doctor, my optometrist, and my dentist. The latter was kind…

Humor

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These Were Not the Birthday Greetings I Was Expecting
These Were Not the Birthday Greetings I Was Expecting
Humor

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Age of Empathy

·Sep 14

Modest But Memorable First Days

A loose timeline of aha moments in self-awareness — We all live through a lot of red-letter “first days,” from kindergarten to college graduation, marriage, kids, and — if we’re lucky! — retirement. Sometimes, though, it’s the smaller moments that turn out to be the most telling of who we are. Here’s a few of mine. When I actually…

First Day

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Modest But Memorable First Days
Modest But Memorable First Days
First Day

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The Daily Cuppa

·Sep 7

Blocks vs Barbie. No Contest

I’ll probably see the movie, but it won’t be for nostalgia — I was a lousy girl of the 1960s. Zero interest in make-up or horses. No interest in dolls. I lived for Playskool blocks and then Legos. I could build imaginary cities all day long. Every time Mom bought me a doll, hoping that this year I’d become “normal”? It went…

Legos

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Blocks vs Barbie. No Contest
Blocks vs Barbie. No Contest
Legos

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UX Collective

·Sep 1

The UX designer mind, like rust, never sleeps*

Even in retirement, I keep noticing UX problems that I wish I could fix. — Now that I’m no longer spending 40+ hours a week considering usability and user experience issues for PBS LearningMedia and PBS KIDS for Parents, I have a lot of mental bandwidth free to notice usability and UX issues in daily life — from confusing websites and frustrating UI to physical…

Usability

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The UX designer mind, like rust, never sleeps
The UX designer mind, like rust, never sleeps
Usability

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Published in

The Daily Cuppa

·Aug 21

Blue Collar Memories of the Start of a School Year

The end of August often reminds me of the excitement I felt the years that steelworker Dad was available to go shopping for new school…

New School Year

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Blue Collar Memories of the Start of a School Year
Blue Collar Memories of the Start of a School Year
New School Year

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Published in

Age of Empathy

·Aug 18

Society Lost Out When My High School Girlfriends and I Were Steered Away From Our Callings

Let’s hope that guidance counseling has improved since 1975. — About 10 years ago, I paid for sessions with a career counselor/coach, trying to figure out how to escape from a toxic workplace and identify a better path. I got a set of occupational skills and aptitudes assessment tests, tools that were totally new to me, at age 55. Recently…

Nonfiction

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Society Lost Out When My High School Girlfriends and I Were Steered Away From Our Callings
Society Lost Out When My High School Girlfriends and I Were Steered Away From Our Callings
Nonfiction

5 min read

Chris Raymond

Chris Raymond

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Artist, designer, snark lover. Cynical takes on senior life. www.chrisaraymond.dunked.com | www.instagram.com/chrisrcreates/

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