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Author: Leslie Handler

Leslie is an internationally syndicated columnist for Senior Wire and a Society of Newspaper Columnists award winner. She is a frequent contributor to WHYY's Newsworks, and has written for such publications as The Philadelphia Inquirer, Purple Clover, and The Huffington Post. Leslie currently lives smack dab between Philadelphia and New York City with husband Marty, dogs Maggie, Hazel, and Ginger, a collection of fish, said husband's cockatoo who she's been trying to roast for dinner for the last 34 years, and a few occasional uninvited guests. You may follow her blog and read published essays at: LeslieGoesBoom.com. Her first book,Rats, Mice and Other Things You Can't Take to the Bank is now available on Amazon.

A New Business Model

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Leslie Handler

        And there it was.  The answer to my dreams.  It was right in my husband’s head all along.  Who knew?   It all comes down to the amazing humor of said […]

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6 CommentsEveryday Life, Relationshipshumor, moneymaking

What Price Vanity?

January 4, 2017 Leslie Handler

    I recently decided that I was due for an eyebrow plucking.  I haven’t quite decided why this is important for women to do and not for men.  Was it vanity lurking or simply […]

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6 CommentsEveryday Lifeeyebrows, grooming, plucking, vanity

No Menopause For Me

December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 Leslie Handler

Pass me the menopause, please.  I have to warm up. Call me crazy, but I’m the only woman I know  that’s actually praying for Menopause to hit.  I was doing just fine until I hit […]

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1 CommentEveryday Lifehot flashes, menopause, sweat

Skinny People and Fat People

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Leslie Handler

In this world, there are skinny people and fat people.  Personally, I don’t believe that physical appearance has one single thing to do with whether you are a fat person or a skinny person.  I […]

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8 CommentsGood Clean Fundiet, fat, skinny, weight loss

Top 9 Weight Loss Pet Peeves

August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 Leslie Handler
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I lost a significant amount of weight a few years ago.  For the most part, I’ve kept it off.  While I was, and still am, losing weight, I noticed that I began to have a […]

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2 CommentsFiction, Good Clean Funextreme weight loss, weight loss

Please Remove My Granny Panties

August 8, 2016 Leslie Handler
Granny Panties

I’m ashamed to say it.  I can’t believe it myself.  But the following words actually came out of my mouth the other night just before I went to bed.  “Dear, if I die during the […]

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5 CommentsEveryday Lifepanties, underwear, vanity

Answering Life’s Questions

July 5, 2016 Leslie Handler

  Should I sock away money for retirement?  Should I stay on my diet?  Should I exercise? Should I take the vacation?  Should I buy the dream house? These are the questions I ask myself […]

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2 CommentsFictionchocolate, Death, diet, exercise

Warning! Neighborhood Break-in

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 Leslie Handler
Burglar

We’ve recently had several break-ins in my neighborhood.  Thankfully, no one has been hurt.  The thought of a break-in is very scary to me. The funny thing is that I really don’t care about whether […]

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3 CommentsEveryday Life, Fictionburglary, neighborhood, stealing, theft

Is Anybody Thinking?

April 15, 2016March 29, 2016 Leslie Handler
wedge sneakers

  Ok. I admit it.  I  wasn’t thinking when my twenty-five-year-old daughter showed me her adorable new red suede high heeled sneakers.  Yes, I did say high heeled sneakers.  Technically, they’re high wedges, but either […]

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5 CommentsLifestylefashion, fashion trends, shoes, women's trends

Grown Ups

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 Leslie Handler
Grown Ups

Remember when there were grown-ups in the world?  I remember when they would always tell me of the three things that were bound to happen to me. Whatever I did, I was either going to […]

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5 CommentsRelationshipsage, Botox, grown ups

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