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Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day. Always a challenge because it’s not straight ahead. Yes I am my kid’s adoptive mother; they’ve been with us since they were…

Apr 11

An arrangement of yellow Gerbera daisy and pale pink roses in a vase.

Apr 11

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Cantone’s

It was 1978 and after midnight. I was wearing platform shoes, tight jeans, my grandmother’s vintage mink stole, and I was by myself in the…

Sep 22, 2023

Cantone’s

Sep 22, 2023

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I Still Miss Those Girls

And in the Beginning: The Girls

May 19, 2022

I Still Miss Those Girls

May 19, 2022

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Face Forward: My Skin Cancer

Cancer lies in wait. It lurks with its little finger creating shadows over our lives, many of us will deal with it, some of will succumb…

Oct 20, 2021

Face Forward: My Skin Cancer

Oct 20, 2021

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When I’m Gone

Listen for a whisper

Aug 21, 2021

When I’m Gone

Aug 21, 2021

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“Sixty is the New Forty”

But We Are Told We Should Retire

6d ago

“Sixty is the New Forty”

6d ago

Margaret Kramer

Futility, Hope and Botox

Making it through this election cycle

Aug 2

Futility, Hope and Botox

Aug 2

Margaret Kramer

The Boy Who Lives in His Car

In One of the Richest Cities in the US

Jun 30

The Boy Who Lives in His Car

Jun 30

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I Thrifted Before You Did

Once I was Kind of Cool Too

Jun 13

I Thrifted Before You Did

Jun 13

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My Death Cleaning Can Wait

Death, Cleaning, and the Alexander McQueen Skull Ring

May 17

Cleaning her father’s house after his death prompts the author to contemplate her own mortality and the importance of living in the present.

May 17

Margaret Kramer

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Writer, social worker, mom, caregiver, feminist and just me. Bicoastal, grateful for family and friends, member of the Inner Peace Corps, thrift store junkie

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