Category Archives: Such is Life

Podcast: If Looks Could Whistle

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Liza Blue

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If Looks Could Whistle

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Liza Blue

I grew up in a gender-neutral household, the only daughter with five brothers.  You might have thought my mother would have doted on her only daughter, but she never singled me out with any advice on what it meant to … Continue reading →

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At Seventy

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Liza Blue

I sit in the leather chair, feet outstretched on the ottoman, pillow on my stomach, book resting on top of that.  I have a very limited view of myself, basically my hands and the outline of my feet inside a … Continue reading →

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Twenty Three Pairs of Me

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Liza Blue

T I stand on a wobbly stool in the pathology laboratory and aim an eyedropper full of cells at a glass slide on the counter below.  The first two drops miss.  The third hits the slide, splitting open the cells … Continue reading →

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What We’re No Good At

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Liza Blue

My husband enjoys weekend pick-up hockey games at the community rink.  He often comes home with stories of Joe, who is simultaneously the most enthusiastic player and the most inept player ever to grace the ice. His transition from forward … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Ponderings: The Anatomy of a Joke

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Liza Blue

The corona pandemic has birthed an outpouring of creative humor, from elaborate song parodies to simple one liners. I have transmitted the following with great success, from appreciative smiles to outright guffaws. “Did you hear, they have found a way … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Pandemic Ponderings

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Liza Blue

Pandemic humor.  What makes it funny? Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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My Life in Typewriters

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Liza Blue

1960s It was one of those in-between summers.  I had outgrown sleep-away camp and wasn’t old enough to be a camp counselor, so my mother had to patch together activities to keep me occupied.  Typing class was the solution. Even … Continue reading →

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The Slippery Slope to Sloth

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Liza Blue

  Definition: Sloth /slôTH,slōTH/ noun 1. disinclination to action or labor; spiritual apathy Symbolized by a Lazy Boy in the living room. 2.  A slow moving tropical American mammal Derived from the activity level of a human in a Lazy … Continue reading →

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Final Expenses

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Liza Blue

Who wants to hear the word death out loud?  For advertisers, the answer is nobody, and they work hard to avoid this basic fact of life.  Pharmaceutical ads are required to list potential complications.  So the taboo word must be … Continue reading →

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