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Trudi Young Taylor

Trudi Young Taylor

My Body Threw Down the Gauntlet

My body has thrown down the gauntlet. My thighs, hips, and tummy are challenging me to grow up. I am fighting it the entire way.

Jun 28, 2018

My Body Threw Down the Gauntlet

Jun 28, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Mishap at the Synagogue: Why I will never be Invited to the Bimah

I come from an impressive line of Firestarters. We don’t mean to be, but we are. It must be part and parcel with the red hair and feisty…

Jun 5, 2018

Mishap at the Synagogue: Why I will never be Invited to the Bimah

Jun 5, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Remedial Marketing: Sex and a Website

A friend called to say, “I had a marketing person check out your website. Is that okay?” “Sure. I guess,” I said. “She’ll just poke around…

Jun 1, 2018

Remedial Marketing: Sex and a Website

Jun 1, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Insusurration (a love story for poets)

He read Mark Strand poems into my phone. Masculine firmness mouthing each word. Susurrus of certain phrases.

May 18, 2018

Insusurration (a love story for poets)

May 18, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Valentines Day: Sometimes Words are Unnecessary

Sometimes words are unnecessary. Such a weird thing for a writer to say. Coming up on Valentine’s Day, I want to remember what it is to be…

Feb 12, 2018

Valentines Day: Sometimes Words are Unnecessary

Feb 12, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

How my coffee group helped me overcome college sexism

Renewing my lease for another year in Texas, loneliness sours my solitary coffee.

Feb 4, 2018

How my coffee group helped me overcome college sexism

Feb 4, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Want: My Memories of an Ocean

He said he couldn’t want me, but in the blurred morality of morning, I tiptoed into his bedroom. I had dreamt of him — opening his mouth…

Jan 12, 2018

Want: My Memories of an Ocean

Jan 12, 2018

Trudi Young Taylor

Fire for the Holidays

It happened again — the Young family curse of unruly candles setting unexpected fires.

Dec 19, 2017

Fire for the Holidays

Dec 19, 2017

Trudi Young Taylor

I’ve sat on this for two weeks, but I’m ready to wade into the fray.

My friend was accepted into a selective graduate program in a prestigious university. She was ecstatic as it furthered her career path. So…

Dec 1, 2017

I’ve sat on this for two weeks, but I’m ready to wade into the fray.

Dec 1, 2017

Trudi Young Taylor

Grieving my losses, sharks, and grinding my teeth

I restarted grinding my teeth at night. Like I did after Rod died. For years until my dentist started talking to me about a bite guard. A…

Sep 25, 2017

Grieving my losses, sharks, and grinding my teeth

Sep 25, 2017

Trudi Young Taylor

Trudi Young Taylor

Mediterranean Jew crossed with Viking living in the US — confused at times, cranky at others, but always looking for a good story.

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