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Author: Karen Galatz

A former newspaper and television journalist, my national news credentials include the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and the Nightly Business Report. I created, produced, and anchored a ground-breaking business news broadcast for PBS stations in Nevada, an effort that led to an Edward R. Murrow award and an Emmy nomination. Now based in Berkeley, Ca., I am writing a collection of short stories and personal essays. I am the author of Muddling through Middle Age, a weekly humor blog, recently featured on the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop website.

The Kids Won’t Leave. So, I’m Running Away

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 Karen Galatz
The Kids Won't Leave Home. So, I'm running Away

“More Americans 18-to-34 Now Live with Parents Than with Spouse.” That’s the terrifying finding from a recent U.S. Census Bureau study. And for all you aspiring empty nesters, the bad news continues: “There are now […]

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3 CommentsGood Clean Fun, Lifestyle, Relationshipsadult children, Empty-Nesters, family life

The Exercise Pill: One Swallow, Then Svelte

April 12, 2018May 16, 2018 Karen Galatz
The Exercise Pill: One Swallow, Then Svelte

    Just in time for Spring and Summer, well, almost, well, maybe  — an exercise pill. Think of it. One swallow away from svelte! It’s true. Well, sort of. What’s true is that scientists […]

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8 CommentsEveryday Life, Fiction, Good Clean Fun, Lifestylediet, dieting, exercise, fitness, middle-aged women

Wither the Olive Oil? Oy, Oy!

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 Karen Galatz

            Both the mighty and the not-so-mighty worry. Shakespeare’s Prince Hamlet pondered lofty questions from his castle keep; I ponder less esoteric topics like how best to keep olive oil. […]

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2 CommentsFiction, Good Clean Fun, Lifestyle, Relationshipsculinary, culinary arts, kitchen

You Can Own A Smart Home, But You Cannot Make an Owner Smart

March 15, 2018 Karen Galatz
You Can Own a Smart Home, But You Can Not Make an Owner Smart

  You can own a smart house, but you cannot make a homeowner smart. I know from first-hand experience. You see, I live in a smart house. “Live” is perhaps an inaccurate description. “Trapped” is […]

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Good Clean Fun, Lifestyle, Relationships, Technologyfamily life, smart home, technology

Throw in the Towel: The Path to Enlightenment

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Karen Galatz
Throw in the towel

You know the expression “to throw in the towel”- meaning to give up? Well, I am trying the opposite. I’m turning to towels, dishtowels to be specific, for inspiration and wisdom. Maybe it is the […]

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4 CommentsEveryday Life, Good Clean Fun, Lifestylegift giving, kitchen, middle-aged women

Fitness Lovers Bare All

February 27, 2018February 27, 2018 Karen Galatz
Fitness Lovers Bare All

It’s not too late, fitness lovers. Still want to make good on that New Year’s resolution to get in shape in 2018, but hate the chic club scene, where all the cool girls and guys […]

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Possession Obsession and Post-Holiday Depression

January 1, 2018January 1, 2018 Karen Galatz
Possession obsession

The holidays are over. The Christmas tree is down; the ornaments packed away. The menorah’s been cleaned of all that candle wax and is back in place inside the china closet. All that’s left is […]

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2 CommentsLifestyle, Relationshipsconsumerism, middle-aged humor, shopping, the holidays

Seven Tips To Get the Gifts YOU Want This Holiday Season

November 21, 2017 Karen Galatz
Seven Tips for Getting the Gifts You Want This Holiday Season

Black Friday is almost here. I’d better get started with my holiday gift list or I’ll be in big trouble. I’m not talking about my gift-giving list. I’m talking about my gift-getting list. All year long I […]

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3 CommentsLifestyle, Relationshipsfamily, holidays, middle-aged humor

My Pain-Free, Nonsurgical Facelift

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 Karen Galatz
pain-free, nonsurgical facelift

Growing up in Las Vegas as I did, surrounded by exaggerated showgirl images of womanly perfection, a girl gets a harsh sense of her own physical imperfections. Growing up anywhere in America, bombarded by plastic […]

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2 CommentsEveryday Life, Lifestylemiddle-aged humor, plastic surgery, vanity

These Boots Are No Longer Meant For Walking

October 29, 2017 Karen Galatz
cowboy boots

I’m a city girl, as in The City, The Big Apple, New York City. He’s a western, small-town-kind-of-guy. I’m a Gucci-kind-of-girl. He’s always been a cowboy-boot-wearing-guy. And I don’t mean the fancy, handcrafted, custom-made, snake […]

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