Category Archives: hilarity

SELF RELIANCE – ON BIRTHDAYS

Posted on April 12, 2020 by georgialeesays

(Reposted/ April 12,  20…) April 12, (year intentionally left blank) Today on my 61st birthday, I choose to be alone. I retreat to a cabin, deep in the North Georgia mountains wilderness. To contemplate the meaning of life. To contemplate the … Continue reading →

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HALLOWEEN CONTEST – VOTE!

Posted on October 31, 2017 by georgialeesays

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         THIS MONTH I’VE BEEN SCOURING THE VILLAGE FOR GREAT HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS – THE NEIGHBORS ARE RESTLESS (AND CREATIVE – VOTE YOUR FAVORITE (disclaimer: frog below discovered  in photographer’s house)          

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footwear friday – vote early, vote often

Posted on June 23, 2016 by georgialeesays

Vote for you favorite footwear! At the recent Southeastern Writers Conference, Saint Simons, Ga., your intrepid former fashion reporter did an impromptu survey of summer comfort and fashion shoes. Check out these lovely ladies and (one man) pedicures and all. TOP: … Continue reading →

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THE JOYS OF UNEMPLOYMENT – with added video content!!!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by georgialeesays

HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB  To: “Aging” Baby Boomers, still gainfully employed. From: “Aging” Baby Boomer, jobless, no prospects Re: Effective immediately: Embrace your inevitable lay-off AGE, UNEMPLOYMENT AND OXYMORONS The Sixties’ adage – “don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlanta, baby boomers, banking, buddha, claims, corporate greed, department of labor, Family, fiction, hilarity, JOBLESS, layoffs, Love, medical care, Random Rant, Uncategorized, UNEMPLOYMENT, unemployment benefits, wells fargo | 5 Comments

GO SHOP AND DROP A FEW – YOU’LL FEEL BETTER

Posted on November 9, 2014 by georgialeesays

So, I’m have depression – Chronic. Clinical. Diagnosed. No-joke hideous, insidious crippling depression. I’m supposed to say “I HAVE depression, but I am NOT my depression. I’m grateful for my depression – it is my greatest teacher.”  So, I just said … Continue reading →

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LOVE/LICE/LIFE LESSONS: Blood sucking parasite heals lousy relationship

Posted on August 9, 2014 by georgialeesays

Lyn De-Lousing Savannah “I called Suicide Prevention and they put me on hold” – Rodney Dangerfield This is no joke if it happens to you, my friends. Three times I called the Crisis Hotline and three times, they denied me … Continue reading →

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At Rest, Soldier: Emmett Lee, b. 1925 d. 2014 “

Posted on May 26, 2014 by georgialeesays

Note: My father, Emmett Lee, died July 1, 2014, a month following this original Memorial Day letter to President Obama, only days before the rapid decline that ended his life. As a Veteran’s Day celebration of his pride in service … Continue reading →

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RUNNING WITH AUGUSTEN

Posted on April 19, 2014 by georgialeesays

 Anyone reading “Running With Scissors,” may ask – what IS this guy really like? With Augusten Burroughs, what we read is what we get. Like his writing, Augusten Burroughs is hilarious – no surprise there – yet also complex, generous, … Continue reading →

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