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Dolly Baruch

Dolly Baruch
Location
Chicago area, Illinois, USA
Birthday
April 23
Title
The Matriarch
Bio
Just been writing forever and I always thought I was a better writer than I am but no matter, I write. Never thought I could paint but I love it so I do. Dancing and writing and painting fill me up. Some people think my kids are the most interesting part of me, and pretty much so did I until my late sixties. Now, I'M the most interesting part. I crack myself up! And I don't care so much whether I'm a great writer or artist or dancer or not, just so I do what I need to do - which is keep on writing and painting and dancing and living. To life! is my motto.

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“Dec 1 2008 - so I'm an early adopter. I've used this blog for all sorts of personal reasons, to air my political views, as a travelogue, but primarily…”
About: Boring stories of... (OS)
1:40PM
“"Lots of people, maybe most people, never shed the skin of childhood. It just stretches with age and if you scratch down through the epidermis, de…”
About: All Will be Made Clear
May 26, 2012 11:39AM
“Paying late - my experience with the State of Illinois is that they are 15 to 18 months in arrears with payments to my insurance carriers - and then, a…”
About: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Blockaded to Protest Tax Break
May 18, 2012 09:39PM
“Great writing - and I'm staying away from the Loop - but my daughter's in town for my bat mitzvah tomorrow and she's going dancin' late Saturday night.…”
About: Chicago NATO Clowns, Couch & Cyber Attack
May 18, 2012 07:36PM
“"Spanglish" is my favorite Adam SAndler film, followed closely by "REign over Me," and "Punch Drunk Love." I've never see…”
About: Adam Sandler, starring in (Insert Awful Movie Here)
May 15, 2012 09:54AM
“Where IS this glorious garden? Gorgeous. While I'm an editor and know exactly what blowsy means - and while I think your mother must have meant to be c…”
About: You Ignorant Slut
May 13, 2012 06:06PM
“"Children are not what you want, but they become what you need." I think I understand this statement - and yes indeed, along with you, my chil…”
About: To My Children on Mother's Day
May 13, 2012 06:02PM
“Thanks Stahi - I'm always thrilled to get a comment from you. I enjoy your writing so much too!”
About: Songs My Mother Sang to Me – My Mother’s Lasting Legacy
May 11, 2012 05:34PM
“Thanks nilesite (and also for making me a Favorite) and jmac1949 - these are great old memories and as I age, I remember more and more how sweet the da…”
About: Songs My Mother Sang to Me – My Mother’s Lasting Legacy
May 04, 2012 07:21PM
“Woody died in 1967 - he was a musician and poet - and activist. Don't know why anyone would think that the most salient point about him was his connect…”
About: Is This Land Still Our Land?
May 03, 2012 03:29PM
“Amazing what can be done these days! A blessing for those of us who worried we'd go blind from cataracts and other degenerative eye conditions. And con…”
About: On the Anniversary of My Sight - 5/5/11
April 27, 2012 01:11PM
“What a good essay about a very difficult problem. As an older white women I am often frightened by teenage boys and girls, mostly black but some white…”
About: For nerd cred, in response to her post on race
April 24, 2012 11:14AM
“Never looked at the ads on my FB page before, but today: C-PAP. My sister and her husband both use C-PAP machines. They look like the 50s version of al…”
About: Why Does Facebook Think I Have Gout?
April 24, 2012 11:03AM
“My first good laugh of the day!”
About: A Qualified Fortune
April 23, 2012 07:02PM
“We were in Mexico City on my honeymoon. We went to pick up some film we had brought into a shop to be processed. The owner of the store watched us as w…”
About: 1963: End of a Dream, the Long Goodbye and another Funeral
April 23, 2012 06:55PM
“I especially like "Lonitude," though I can scarcely understand what it means. It resonates with my voiceless voice - a wonderful conception o…”
About: ASCETIC ASCESIS
April 22, 2012 01:52PM
“"Just Greek to me." I think I first heard this expression in high school English when I was studying Shakespeare - so I took it literally, as…”
About: JUST GREEK TO ME
April 22, 2012 10:19AM
“Stathi Stathi - I was in Athens last December, only a day I'm sorry to say but what a day! I will go back, God willing. Don't think I'll be riding a bi…”
About: What I Learned from My Father
April 21, 2012 10:58PM
“Thanks MichelleD - it was the thrill of being able to continue to ride my bicycle that inspired the post - and I'm also thrilled to be getting new read…”
About: What I Learned from My Father
April 21, 2012 04:17PM
“Lea - thanks for reading my memoir - it seems the past is present in everything I do these days.”
About: What I Learned from My Father
April 21, 2012 04:16PM
“object of ridicule (to myself only)”
About: What I Learned from My Father
April 21, 2012 04:15PM
“AtHomePilgrim - thanks for your comment - yes, the wind in my hair - not too much brings that about these days - can't wait until the local farmer's m…”
About: What I Learned from My Father
April 20, 2012 11:20PM
“Pretty universal - dads and bikes and daughters - great story. Dolly”
About: Dad and the Purple Schwinn
April 20, 2012 11:09PM
“We grew up in the same family - all the important rituals followed by a trip to a Chinese restaurant where my bubie drank only tea in a cup she brought…”
About: Four Generations
April 20, 2012 10:47PM
“Joan H - that makes my day - so happy I could bring that kind of memory back to you! grif- Glad you enjoyed my story.”
About: What I Learned from My Father
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