Mary Wagner

Mary Wagner
Location
Wisconsin, USA
Birthday
February 13
Bio
Former journalist, now criminal prosecutor, and award winning essayist and photographer, proves its never too late to make mid-course corrections! Vices include Belgian chocolate, Irish castles, great shoes, long clean shorelines, classic cartoons, big skies and Lee Child "Reacher" novels. Multiple degrees earned in the "school of life" include mother of four, former girl scout leader, truckstop waitress, cocktail waitress, office temp, judicial clerk, and radio talk show host. Latest essay collection, "Fabulous in Flats," just went live, preceded by "Running with Stilettos" and "Heck on Heels." Visit my website at www.runningwithstilettos.com

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October 26, 2012 03:29PM
“That's for d--ned sure. I left my undergraduate degree with about $9K in debt, which included not only tuition and books but help with other living ex…”
About: From truckstop to supreme court
October 02, 2012 10:22PM
“Very enjoyable!”
About: 25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
September 24, 2012 09:53PM
“This was just lovely. Any temptation to just publish her "eyebrows" essay as a tribute anyway?”
About: She Wanted To Be a Journalist (or Why I Want OS to Survive)
September 24, 2012 07:46PM
“Beautiful.”
About: Dying Wishes
September 24, 2012 07:56AM
“Why thank you! There is literally never a dull moment out there with these two.”
About: Under Story
July 24, 2012 04:44PM
“CONFESSIONAL UPDATE HERE...I have to say that Bugs Bunny has fallen a bit by the wayside as my enchantment with the elliptical machine waned. Nonethel…”
About: The Bugs Bunny Diet
July 17, 2012 12:20PM
“Ande, thanks! Wow, that is an amazingly moving, stunning poem you just passed on to me here. I'm misting up already...”
About: Artemis, Among Us
June 08, 2012 02:32PM
“Congratulations! I changed horses in mid-stream at the age of forty, turning from journalism to law after a serious accident. And here I am, some yea…”
About: Changing Horses
June 08, 2012 10:53AM
“Thanks! Before I met my pipe-smoking, Harley-riding, serious-gardeni ng muse, my expectations for planting were that if I put something in the ground,…”
About: Summertime Blues...
June 04, 2012 11:34PM
“And for the next chapter in the saga, the snapdragons all lived through the winter, and have established a multi-colored hedge that's about three feet…”
About: When Flowers Attack!!
May 16, 2012 12:44PM
“I just love big words...and "conundrum" is one of my favorites! However, I totally understand the spastic and obfuscatory nature of all thos…”
About: Losing My Big Words
May 12, 2012 04:40PM
“Thank you so much! I feel incredibly lucky to say that my kids give me good advice all the time...and I even follow it once in a while.”
About: Gone Fishin'
May 12, 2012 02:16PM
“Oh, this made me laugh out loud! I self-published all three of my books with iUniverse, but recently decided to redo one of them and publish the "…”
About: Adventures in Self Publishing
May 12, 2012 02:16PM
“Oh, this made me laugh out loud! I self-published all three of my books with iUniverse, but recently decided to redo one of them and publish the "…”
About: Adventures in Self Publishing
April 30, 2012 09:52PM
“I've been extremely cluttered for my entire life...and can't figure out how three of my four kids actually grew up to be neat. Although they waited un…”
About: Not Quite Ready For Hoarders, But...
April 17, 2012 12:06PM
“Thank you! I feel like I've finally gotten some important ducks in a row lately. Just recently I remodeled the interior of my first book, "Runni…”
About: "Heck" is on Kindle!
April 03, 2012 10:16PM
“I'm right there with you on the "short attention span." That why journalism and free-lancing was a perfect fit for a long time. Marketing, o…”
About: Book of the Year finalist!
March 31, 2012 05:02PM
“Wonderful!!!! I have had SO MUCH FUN since I self-published my books, not much of it having anything to do with dollar signs. I think we're even quite…”
About: "Published!" My Latest Ego Boost!
March 21, 2012 07:55PM
“Ande, you are AMAZING, and set a damn fine example for us to aspire to as the years creep in.”
About: OLDE ANDE ON BEING OLD ANDE
March 18, 2012 07:17PM
“What a beautiful and heartbreaking essay, all in one. Writing does bring us to truth, and friends, and understanding, and sometimes it just lifts the l…”
About: What Open Salon Has Taught Me
March 16, 2012 06:36PM
“With The Bonesetter's Daughter behind me, I'm now making my way through "The Paris Wife" (about Ernest Hemmingway's starter wife) for my book…”
About: Audio Book Snob
March 16, 2012 06:32PM
“I remember being both startled and awestruck on a morning drive to work when I saw movement in the sky to my left and the morning sun glinted off a ba…”
About: FLYday - Bald eagle
March 13, 2012 11:10AM
“Dandelions still in hiding, mice displaced victims of urban renewal. I get such a kick out of spring!! Though I can still see the look of reproach on…”
About: Bluebirds of Happiness, Dandelions of Regret
March 11, 2012 10:04PM
“I had a cat when I was a little girl, but a lot of years went by between back then and when I acquired one cat (Smokey) for my younger son, and then to…”
About: Cats Play by Their Own Rules
March 10, 2012 11:30AM
“Gorgeous! My stress-out daughter lives in Philly, I'll send her this link and tell her to get herself over to this beauty zone ASAP!”
About: Philadelphia Flower Show, 2012: Hawaii, Islands of Aloha
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