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Recent Posts

  • MASKS FOR LIFE: Wearing a mask is liberating. I’m not saying good-bye for good to mine yet.
  • QUICKIE Q&A WITH ACTRESS HOLLY ADAMS: The art of audiobook narrations (and a peek at OPPOSITES ATTACK’s version)
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  • 2020: The Ups and Downs, a New Year’s Eve Invitation, and Wedding Photos!
  • Q&A: Jill McCorkle on dolls, dollhouses, tiny objects and what they have to do with writing and life

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MASKS FOR LIFE: Wearing a mask is liberating. I’m not saying good-bye for good to mine yet.

June 21, 2023 by Jo Maeder Leave a Comment

It took me a nanosecond to embrace wearing a mask when the pandemic hit. Aside from deterring all airborne infections and reducing the risk to others, it checked these boxes: • No one sees my “phony smile” • No one sees me talking to myself • No one sees my Resting Bitch Face Nor did […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Essay, Grief, Medical, Pandemic Tagged With: Covid, RBF, tinnitus

Life Works in Mysterious Ways: How losing my last sibling gave me more than just a new perspective

May 9, 2018 by Jo Maeder 3 Comments

I once wrote an essay for AOL about getting through Mother’s Day when Mom is no longer here (the essay is no longer here as well—so much for everything living forever online). Now I’m faced with Mother’s Day without my brother, Art. Every day without him has been hard, but we always shared memories of “Mama […]

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Filed Under: Books by Jo, Fundraising, Grief, Love, Medical

What is the #1 way to increase happiness?

November 20, 2017 by Jo Maeder 4 Comments

Life is not a bowl of cherries for anyone. We must take the bitter with the sweet, we’re told. But some people seem to have an innate melancholy they can never shake. Studies now show that we stay at the same level of happiness our entire life. There’s only one thing that’s been proven to […]

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Filed Under: Essay, Family, Grief, Love, Medical, Relationships Tagged With: forgiveness, gratitude, happiness, hoarding, Thanksgiving Day

My Spinal Fusion Saga (with a happy ending).

October 7, 2011 by Jo Maeder 1 Comment

After viewing an MRI of my lower back, I prayed New York neurosurgeon Dr. Ezriel Kornel wouldn’t utter the dreaded word “surgery.” He said, “You have a cyst in the ligaments around your L4 that has to come out.” I visualized a laparoscopic number with a tiny scar and I’d be back home the same […]

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Filed Under: Medical Tagged With: Dr. Ezriel Kornel, L4 and L5 pain, slipped vertebrae, spinal fusion, spinal fusion recovery

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