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A trip to Philadelphia and three great things about working from home

Last Monday I went into the office to have my laptop looked at. It turns out all she needed…
October 21, 2021
Life, Work
studying for the CAE Exam

I mentioned a few times that I’m sitting for the CAE exam in December. CAE is short for Certified…
September 21, 2021
I live in New Jersey, Life, Work
Friday 5: Chip Chat

Happy Friday, friends! I’m typing this from the patio, where I have been sitting since 4:31pm when I logged…
July 9, 2021

I've been blogging for over 17 years and I'm apparently one of the few over-40 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun and unprofitable. No big.

~~Wife. Dog lover. Slob.~~ I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dogs Ollie and Murphy. I work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

Kimberly's bookshelf: read

The Awakening

by Kate Chopin

Welp, that ended abruptly. The version I have includes additional short stories, which I thought were part of the book, so when this story ended, I thought the second half of the book would be the others' responses to ... the events that...

tagged: fiction, women, and own-ebook

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

So very good. Beautifully written, and really hits home. It was refreshing to read about feminism in a viewpoint other than that of my white, middle-aged, ladyfriends. :) Every middleschooler should be issued a copy of it. It was supe...

tagged: nonfiction, borrowed-from-library, and women

Hidden Figures

by Margot Lee Shetterly

tagged: nonfiction, history, and women

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