Local Woman Makes a Porno
Ridgefield, NJ — “If I’d known it was this easy to make a porno,” said 45-year-old Sandy Ellis of Ridgefield, “I’d have done it years ago. Sure beats the shit out of working!” Ellis, a magazine editor with no prior acting experience inadvertently launched her new...
Gratitude is the Secret Sauce of Resilience
Gratitude is the secret sauce of resilience. Just look at this poor guy. He lost his barn. It burned to the ground. I'm willing to bet he lost more than just the structure. I imagine he lost farming equipment or animals or both. That sounds like his livelihood and...
A Note of Thanks
A note of thanks for all of your support. Because of you, BOUNCE reached #250 in the memoir category! I can’t thank you enough for participating in the Amazon buying day on November 30th for BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience. In the very early morning that day, I checked...
Makes a great gift
BOUNCE makes a great gift for girlfriends, coaches, teachers My new book, BOUNCE: A Memoir of Resilience, makes a great gift for someone you care about. It's available in paperback and for Kindle on Amazon. If you're a Kindle Unlimited member, you can get it for free...
Susan’s Funny Stuff: All My Funny Stuff in One Place
When you need a laugh — and who doesn’t? — head over to Susan's Funny Stuff. Susan’s Funny Stuff is the place to find all my new work. Humorous essays, satire, and the occasional rant. The kind of stuff you’d find in a book, but better. Because how often can you add...
The Quote Collection Part Two
The Quote Collection, Part Two started with The Quote Collection, Part One, although that's rather obvious! I have a real thing for quotes, and I guess that's rather obvious too. In any case... The last time I posted a few of my favorite quotes, I got notes from you....
Can you make an iguana sit for a selfie?
Can you make an iguana sit for a selfie? See, I'm on a quest to take one. And it might not be too difficult to do. There’s one that lives right here, by the lake, and sometimes suns himself on the patio around the pool. One morning he was scooting around on the grass...
The Quote Collection, Part One
I have folders, many folders, filled with quotes I love and wish I'd thought of. Some make me laugh. Others give me courage. And all bring me back to the day I discovered them which is really saying something as I remember nothing most of the time. I read through them...
BEHOLD, THE RESILIENT IVY! (The state plant of my new Building Resilience newsletter!)
Maybe you’re wondering: What is this Building Resilience newsletter all about and why is that ivy growing through that yellow and purple wall? Shouldn’t someone call a landscaper? What the hell is resilience anyway? And what’s it got to do with a plant? Is this...
I’m thisclose to a decent Christian burial.
Or an indecent one. I'm too tired to care. I think my younger son, Cuyler, is trying to kill me. We walked to the beach (several thousand steps, go me), where he worked out doing handstands and bear crawls. (Click the link below and it will download to your computer....
They’re here! But I didn’t get to embarrass them at the airport
So my plan to make a big, embarrassing (to them) scene at the airport did not come to fruition because I forgot that you can’t park at the arrival’s gates any longer than three seconds before security starts barking at you to “Move along, ma’am!” and other drivers...
My boys are coming! My boys are coming!
Today’s the day. Both my sons are coming to see us in Florida. I saw Casey briefly in November when we flew to Virginia to watch him in the Special Olympics Soccer Championship, but I haven’t seen Cuyler since August. August. Three months is a long time to go without...
How to feel fabulous
There are dozens of ways. These are just a few of my favorites... Every now and again, mostly again in these damn Covid days, we all need a pick-me-up, a reason to feel good about ourselves and the world. When you start thinking about running your mask over with your...
So much baggage. And I don’t mean the emotional kind
On what was probably our first trip together, before my husband became my husband, I stood outside Dulles airport waiting for him to park the car. He’s so sweet. He drops me off, so I don’t have to walk from the lot to the departure gate. All I need to do is watch the...
Some things should come with a warning label
Like, “Drinking Port while watching You increases your risk of really bad nightmares.” Spoiler alert: I’m about to share things about the uber popular Netflix show You that might ruin it for those who’ve yet to watch it. Which begs the question: What are you freaks...
I’m never ordering pizza from that place
One day a few weeks ago, I was driving along, minding my own business, and one of those tiny, lizard/gecko things crawled up from beneath my windshield wipers and onto my windshield. I admit, it scared the daylights out of me, stuck to my windshield, giving me the...
My Way Is the Highway
In my continuing effort to clock 10,000 steps in a single day, I’ve decided to increase the distance I walk every morning rather than adding an afternoon stroll through my favorite stores and possibly, (oh, who am I kidding?), definitely, increasing my credit card...
The Other 4,000
Are you one of those people who tracks how many steps you take in a day, aiming for 10,000? I am, but I wasn’t always. I read something about it, then discovered the health app on my phone, made the further discovery that it was already tracking my steps (sneaky,...