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Stop Being Fragile Parents
I’ve been embarrassing my children for more than 30 years. They now are happy young adults with loving spouses, adorable children and rewarding careers. Obviously, my strategy worked. Throughout...
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Advice to Young Women: RUN
A young reporter requested an interview about what advice I would give to younger women. I assumed my wisdom was needed because I’m older and still dress myself and use the toilet unassisted. Picking...
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Bringing Fame and Shame to the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop
One week from today I’ll be flying to Dayton, Ohio as a speaker for the prestigious Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. My famous fart will follow me there and linger throughout the conference because...
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Fringe Fashion Failure
I felt feisty, fun, and a fabulously festive in my new dress festooned with fluttering fringe. The long strands covered body parts that needed to be hidden after years of neglect, gravity, and...
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Real Coffee for Strong People
One of the many advantages of being older and having grown children is that mornings can begin at 9:00 am. There is no need to get the little buggers out of bed, dressed, fed, and to school before you...
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Why Funny is Fashionable
You know you’re at peace with yourself and the universe if you can enter a crowded social function, scan the room, and then join the group creating the most laughter. After a certain age, you don’t...
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Don’t Dress Like a Yak when Speaking in Public
If you want to speak in public, there are rules to follow: Pre-check your teeth for broccoli, and tame your irritable bowel syndrome. Remind the audience to turn off cell phones and stay awake...
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Crushed Kale causes Juice on the Loose
A jumbled vision from childhood caused me to fear blenders. I witnessed my mother’s morning ritual of stepping onto a machine in her bedroom, securing a strap around her waist, and then flipping a...
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New Book Coming in October: Midlife Happy Hour
New Offering from Brown Books Says Midlife is Worth Living Out Loud “Midlife Happy Hour: Our Reward for Surviving Careers, Kids, and Chaos” Set for Fall Release DALLAS (May 3, 2016) – Brown Books...
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Online Laughter Interview Wednesday on “Flourishing 50s”
I met Kim Acedo at the recent Bloggers at Midlife Conference in Las Vegas and we became best friends. She told me about her online business called “Flourishing 50s,” a community of like-minded and...
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“Midlife Happy Hour” Celebrates Resilient Women
Pictured from left, Christy Hovey, Sarah Tregay, Mary McFarland, Amy Davis, Elaine Ambrose, and Ophelia Ramirez The Midlife Happy Hour Club is a gregarious group of tenacious women who meet...
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Pre-Order Midlife Happy Hour and Laugh First!
It’s time to laugh again. Click this link and be one of the first to get a copy. Midlife Happy Hour Here is a list of the chapters: Early Signs I Wasn’t Eligible for Sainthood The Great TV Blooper...
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Singing My Rendition of the Birthday Blues
Today is my birthday, so I’ll take a pitiful look at the past and remember why I’m so grateful for the present. My childhood was far from fun because I was designated as a Problem Child Who Lacked...
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Midlife Happy Hour will Premiere at Regional PNBA Show
Midlife Happy Hour – Our Reward for Surviving Careers, Kids, and Chaos ranked #54 in pre-sold editions on Amazon.com out of thousands of books in the mid-life category. The book, a sequel to the...
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Where to Find Midlife Happy Hour
If you’re looking to purchase and read Midlife Happy Hour by #1 bestselling author Elaine Ambrose, first try a local bookstore such as Rediscovered Books in Boise, Idaho. If independent bookstores...
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My Friends were Possessed after the Election
My colorful, creative collection of friends consists of liberals, conservatives, assorted thespians, some town criers, recovering journalists, and a few agnostics. I enjoy our online conversations,...
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What Would Erma Do?
How do you write humor in a crabby world? It’s difficult to be funny when the mood of the country is worse than the temperament of a pack of hungry junkyard dogs, strangers are yelling at each other...
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Life Sucks Laugh Hard – Again!
Back by Popular Demand At the Idaho Writers Guild Writers Conference Bestselling humor writers Jen Mann, AK Turner, and Elaine Ambrose will read from their latest works of wit and wisdom on Friday,...
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Funny Friends are Finalists for Book of the Year Award
The Foreword INDIES 2016 Book of the Year Awards honor the best books and authors from independent publishers. Chosen from thousands of entries from across the country, the finalists were announced...
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