The Mad Minstrel — Marie Davis
Stories from the Trenches
Real life. No filter. Occasionally profane. Always honest.
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Midlife – So Very Weird.
The other day I had a thought that probably shouldn’t have been as funny as it was. If I got hit by a bus and they talked about it on…
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Do We Need Balance, or Do We Need Boundaries?
We spend an awful lot of time trying to recover from our own lives. We work all week and spend the weekend recovering from work. We overbook ourselves and then…
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Self-Expression
When I was eighteen, I came across an accident on the highway. A Jeep had taken a corner too quickly, on a snow covered mountain pass, and ended up on…
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Tearing Down Walls
I remember a friend, a long time ago, who needed knee surgery. All the doctors recommended it, she knew she needed it, but she refused. She couldn’t stand the idea…
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You’re Stuck With Yourself.
Family, friends, partners, children, exes, coworkers, lovers… we are surrounded by a network of people, most of us trying to make a connection so we don’t feel alone in this…
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