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Without God Are We Good?

May 16, 2020May 17, 2020 by Karen Ranney

I’m feeling profound lately. I’ll try not to burden you with it. 🙂 At least a bunch. I think it happens when I’m in the waning stages of the first draft of a book. I’ve come to know the characters, understand them, yell at them, and commiserate with them and I don’t really want to … Read more

Categories Culture, Profundities Tags culture, God, Good, Profundities 6 Comments

Don’t Be a Karen

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by Karen Ranney

When did my name become a pejorative? I stole this definition of What does being a Karen mean from Quora: A “Karen” is a term used on Reddit and in Internet slang in general to refer to a specific type of woman. A “Karen” is typically a woman between the ages of 30–60 who likely … Read more

Categories Culture Tags culture, Funny Stuff, Personal 14 Comments

A Friday Kind of Mood

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by Karen Ranney

I’m having a snit fit. I’m angry at myself, plus I’m not too happy with the world right now. We do get annoyed at things in our lives, don’t we? Every single one of us. Things don’t work, or we’ve screwed something up, or the world is getting weird, stupid, and nasty around us. What … Read more

Categories Snippets Tags culture, Friday, snippets, Stanley, TV 18 Comments

Auntie Karen Speaks – Shame

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 by Karen Ranney

Auntie Karen hasn’t been let out of the closet very often lately, because when she does emerge she has a tendency to be rather pungent in her opinions. Auntie Karen is not a fuddy-duddy. She’s a pretty “with it” kind of gal. She has lots of things in her past that she doesn’t care to … Read more

Categories Auntie Karen Tags Auntie Karen, culture 10 Comments

Email, Books, Xena, Migraines, and Communism

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by Karen Ranney

I was horrified to realize that I have over 1500 emails. Yep, some of those I haven’t yet read. If I’m in the midst of a deadline – like now – things go by the wayside. Email is one of those things. I’m still surrounded by piles of books. I finally added all 100 names … Read more

Categories Snippets Tags animals, culture, Dogs, snippets, TV 12 Comments
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