Anne DimockFeb 273 minThe Mayor of Whelan-Oneida is dead. Long live The Mayor!Thor, the unofficial Mayor of the corner of Whelan and Oneida, has died at age almost 11 years. He died on February 26, 2021 of liver...
Anne DimockSep 1, 20206 minClaire’s Voluptuous Egg Yolk8 year old daughter wants eggs for dinner. Mayhem ensues.
Anne DimockMar 15, 20203 minI'm All Shook Up!You don’t need me to tell you what dismal, scary times we live in. As March roared in like a lion, my favorite presidential candidates...
Anne DimockNov 30, 20191 minThe December MenThey waken from their tryptophan slumber, their reckless football dreams, the raking of old leaves and face themselves alone in the...
Anne DimockNov 2, 20164 minSeñor AdriaThe chemotherapy was the worst of it. How would I get through this? Some suggested visualization – to see myself on a serene isle, or...
Anne DimockOct 17, 20163 minShare the Pink 2016 – Cervical CancerIs it my imagination or has the Pink Ribbon circus set up fewer tents this year? Maybe breast cancer survivor identity recedes more and...
Anne DimockSep 14, 20168 minMy Big Fat Greek Last PAP Test PartyNotable Greek-American Dr. George Papanicolaou did not win a Nobel Prize in Medicine, though he was nominated several times. He got a 13...
Anne DimockJul 19, 20165 minYou Really Can Vote Early and Vote OftenWhat if you had more than one vote to cast? I think you do. I’m a professional fundraiser and I’ve worked in the nonprofit sector my...
Anne DimockJul 13, 20163 minMake Pies, Not War: License to Carry(Police squad car pulls over a car with a broken tail light. The two officers address the driver of the car.) “Did I do something wrong,...
Anne DimockFeb 6, 20162 minEat the Football - Superbowl 50, 2016Super Bowl 50 is happening right down the road from me. It’s bad enough that it’s disrupting the already bad commutes well in advance of...
Anne DimockJan 7, 20163 min100 Social Risks2015 began with a New Year’s potluck dinner party among a group of strangers, and ended with going to a New Year’s Eve dance party at an...
Anne DimockSep 1, 20153 minOwen Labrie Fantasy SentencingOwen Labrie doesn’t need 11 years in prison—but he needs something more than a gap year of service. Whether he ever gets to go on to an...
Anne DimockJul 1, 20153 minMy Personal Moon Shot - Mental Health ReformI’m having a birthday soon and birthdays always bring introspection. I’m still a working girl and will be for some time, but my thoughts...
Anne DimockJun 17, 20152 minAll Our FathersFathers—it’s how women first get to know about men. They are the first Y chromosome introduced into our lives, and they invoke...
Anne DimockApr 22, 20152 min5%Numbers are my friends. They are the scaffolding to build a little structure for my monkey mind. I’m always motivated by the goal of some...
Anne DimockNov 24, 20143 minThanksgiving Pie Chain LetterThanksgiving Pie Chain Letter Dear Friend, You have been selected to receive this chain letter because of something you did somewhere,...
Anne DimockSep 30, 20144 minDella, Della Street(Cue the music – “Park Avenue Beat” by Fred Steiner) In the name of marriage and companionship, I sat through every episode of the Perry...
Anne DimockSep 24, 20143 minIf You Want To Read Moby DickIf you want to read Moby Dick, there are some great boats and shipmates for you, especially for you greenhorns who don’t know yet what ye...
Anne DimockSep 23, 20144 minWhy I Read Moby DickI’m on a pilgrimage in Cape Cod Massachusetts – Falmouth, New Bedford, Nantucket—and I’m reading Moby Dick again. It’s the 5th time....
Anne DimockSep 1, 20148 minAnne Gets Pregnant in the Papally Approved WayI did not seek Pope John Paul II’s approval, nor do I think he would have chosen me to represent the ideals of Vatican II. But I was...
