Category Archives: Such is Life

In Transit

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Liza Blue

  Let’s see – for 10 years I commuted on buses, subways, or trains, at least two hours a day, 5 days a week, 48 weeks a year.  That’s a total of 4800 hours going to and from medical school and … Continue reading →

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As It Was in the Beginning

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Liza Blue

Our newborn son sat in my lap as I waited at the hospital entrance for my husband to bring the car around to take us home for the first time. I thought about all the surprising professions that required a … Continue reading →

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Dear Caitlyn Jenner

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Liza Blue

Dear Caitlyn Jenner, I am a woman whose biologic, gender and sexual identities are comfortably aligned in the dominant fashion, but am ready, willing and trying to embrace the full spectrum.  I have made a lot of progress.  I accept … Continue reading →

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Easing into the Back Nine of Life

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Liza Blue

Sixty is a magical number, the six and the zero plumply nestled together and then flanked by the stern prime numbers 59 and 61.  And 60 is so accommodating, evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; the … Continue reading →

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How To Do The Queue

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Liza Blue

According to unverified estimates bandied about on the internet, every year Americans spend about 37 billion hours waiting in line. Over their lifetime, Americans will spend some 2 to 3 years of their life in queue. I have absorbed the … Continue reading →

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I Was a Loser

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Liza Blue

Milestones came at a rapid clip when our son Ned was an infant – crawling, sitting, standing and first words. Once school started, these milestones slowed down, replaced by the predictable progress through one grade after the next. But now … Continue reading →

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That Moment in Time

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Liza Blue

Forty-five minutes into our seven hour drive north the traffic comes to a complete standstill just south of Milwaukee. The highway is in the middle of construction and we are totally boxed in with concrete dividers and idling semis; there is … Continue reading →

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Occupation: Housewife

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Liza Blue

It seems very strange that I didn’t put everything together until I was cleaning out my parent’s safety deposit box after their deaths. The bank clerk handed me the little card they had filled out, probably just after their marriage … Continue reading →

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It’s A Tagless World

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Liza Blue

The default radio channel in my car is National Public Radio, but I also toggle to my guilty pleasure – sports talk radio. Who are the Chicago Bears eyeing in the draft, can our beloved Blackhawks repeat as Stanley Cup … Continue reading →

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Good Humor Man

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Liza Blue

In 1969, when my father was at the peak of his career as a printing salesman, he decided to put an in-ground swimming pool in our back yard.  It seemed like an odd decision since neither of my parents were … Continue reading →

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