Forty-four years ago, John Lennon wrote:

"Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans"

And he wasn't joking, mate. Little did I know that the Three Basic Forms of Plot Twist were coming for me:

1. Real grownup sorrow

2. Amazing surprise recognition

3. Oh? Is there an election?

So please enjoy, as I act out an old REO Speedwagon song, and Roll with the Changes. And if you'd like to help me roll, your support is always welcome right here: https://buymeacoffee.com/grannyhasaa

Please and thank you and stay offa my lawn.

Love,

MamaCat

Absolutely, positively, not about household cleaning tips. That's some other podcast. I may be in the Metaphor business. Clean Out Your Mailbox! Clean out your Mind? Clean out your Closets...

I promised you last time that we’d talk about junk mail, and we do. And as this evening marks the end of National Mental Health Week in the U.S. (where we could use some), we talk about that too. Also, physical junk gets cleaned out too. Includes research, opinion, and as always, there’s Time Travel.

Today’s Soup contains: Heavy duty personal stuff sandwiched between slices of hot fresh snark and sarcasm. Tender moments of inner vulnerability mixed with humor and reflection. Consumer reports sprinkled with obscure 60s & 70s pop culture references.

I promise, this podcast doesn’t sound like the other Grannies’ podcasts, because I’m not like the other grannies. But I hang out with them.

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Today's soup includes; the ballad of what happened with Lowe's; hot fresh steaming gendered ageism; burgeoning Springtime; and the Nanny Named Fran. Please remember to hang on tightly, and keep your arms and legs inside the car until the ride has come to a complete stop.

Is this thing on?? Some women lie about their ages. I've never had that problem. Today's soup contains Minneapolis, New York, New Jersey, and Kindness.

Happy New Year! Welcome to my rockin’ New Years Eve Epiphany Vacation super party!

This time it’s mainly, “What I did on my Christmas Vacation,” starring MamaCat and HusbandCat as the Griswolds, finally getting it right. Today’s soup includes comfort and joy, the holly and the ivy, and the usual sleaze.

Today’s soup contains: slain dragons, consumer relations, self-advocacy, and the great Sly Stone. Oh, and tomatoes. Of course tomatoes. May also contain: snark, sarcasm, sound effects, opinion, excellent music choices. Processed in a facility that also contains a Beagle and a polydactyl cat. Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt at home. Yes I’ll pick up milk on the way home.

Well it's been an interesting 6 weeks, cats and kittens. Today's soup includes time travel, hubris, and orchestrations that are sure to bring that sequins-and-champagne feeling, along with a celebration of Erma Bombeck's very existence. Swing along with me into the madness and weirdness of modern life, and for crying out loud let's try to get our feet up for a while this week.

It all started when I made the mistake of coming home from vacation.