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About Me — Virginia Wood

Oops. I did it again! I’ve been here for a minute, but only just discovered I was supposed to publish my About Me Story… months ago.

Jan 8

Jan 8

Back to give this a more careful read, and a more thoughtful response.

As I said before, this is solid gold. Advice I would give anybody, and advice I once followed myself. Circumstances and the time change…

Mar 20

Mar 20

I remember being in my late 20s and early 30s and reading the glossy alumnae magazine that came…

Filled with rich girls (which is why I left it for another), "everybody," it seemed, was doing better than we were. Big houses, boats…

Mar 13

Mar 13

Her Name Was Beauty

and she was

Mar 7

A kennel worker brings a black dog out on a lead to a tall guy holding a bag of dog food: she is sniffing his knees.

Mar 7

Medicaid Saved My Son’s Life

Not once, but three times

Mar 2

Us, shortly after the adoption.

Mar 2

For When It Seems Like the News All Sucks

Surviving Trumpocalypse II, one day at a time

Jan 25

White man clutching his head in front of an open laptop, looking distressed.

Jan 25

How Cheating Makes You Look Stupid

and irritates and endangers the rest of us.

Jan 1

dude asleep in a tree, splayed over a branch like a leopard.

Jan 1

I Has a Sads… and Not a Little Panic.

Surviving Trumpocalypse II, One Day At a Time

Dec 23, 2024

Dec 23, 2024

The Hermitage

Meaning my house, not Andrew Jackson’s

Dec 21, 2024

tree trunk with no-trespassing sign.

Dec 21, 2024

Surviving Trumpocalypse II

Donate, and blockety-block-block

Dec 20, 2024

Dec 20, 2024

Virginia Wood

Virginia Wood

she/her

Retired clinical psychologist, part-time college instructor. Sober 38 years and change. Buddhist, but sweary. Trekkie. Feminist crone aging with a disability.

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