Tag Archives: life and death

After I’m Dead

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Sister Wolf

It is my nightly ritual to get into bed at around 1:00 am and read until I’m drowsy enough to sleep. The other night, I put my book down and surveyed my bedroom. I was suddenly overcome with a bittersweet … Continue reading →

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Life Isn’t Fair.

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Sister Wolf

If you’ve ever been a child or a parent, you’re well acquainted with the aggrieved outcry, “But that’s not fair!” I was already a seasoned mother the first time I heard another mother smugly reply to her kid, “Well, life … Continue reading →

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Less Than Forty Nollars!

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Sister Wolf

Now that I spend my whole life on the couch watching TV, I’ve developed relationships with a bunch of commercials, some involving ritualized behavior on my part. When the DealDash guy boasts about getting suitcases for less than 40 nollars, … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Own Adventure, Coronavirus Edition

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Sister Wolf

There are now an increasing number of stances you can take about being forced to stay home. The stances may be infinite for all I know, but let’s review the ones getting the most play. There’s the Gratitude stance, which … Continue reading →

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Now is the Time

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Sister Wolf

Now is the time to be grateful for your friends, even though they won’t come over. If you don’t have friends, now is the time to regret being such a cunt. Now is the time to refuse to call anything … Continue reading →

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Virus Shmirus, Just Die Already

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Sister Wolf

Before you go nuts, let me clarify that I’m referring to the old-and-sick. If you’re elderly with “underlying health conditions”, maybe your time is up. Maybe we weren’t meant to live lives extended by pharmaceuticals and pacemakers and stents. The … Continue reading →

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To Be or Nah

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Sister Wolf

Recently my brain has come up with a philosophical dilemma that I can’t solve. I know the best solution would be to stop thinking about it. Nevertheless, here it is: Does the past matter? By “matter’, I mean does it … Continue reading →

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65 Years Young!

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Sister Wolf

Just kidding. 65 is old, very old, a time of Medicare, high cholesterol, and a dread of seeing that your shoes are untied and you have to go ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE to tie them. Last week on my … Continue reading →

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The Girl in a Bowl

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Sister Wolf

I didn’t believe it when I heard there was a person with only a head, who lived in a bowl. It reminded me of my favorite publication from many years ago, a parody of the National Enquirer that featured a … Continue reading →

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Complaint Round-up, Take Two

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Sister Wolf

Okay, so there’s skin cancer, big deal, removed and stitched up. If it were a serious life-threatening form of cancer, I would ignore it. But somehow, I’ve ended up making a million doctor appointments, as though I’m a car getting … Continue reading →

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