Midlife · Mascara · Mayhem
Come for the mascara. Stay for the mayhem.
I’m Lisa — a Gen X widow, mom, and recovering content machine. I write about grief, burnout, aging, and not giving a damn what the algorithm wants.
“Pull up a chair and let me get you the beverage of your choice.”
Chicken Fried Mascara
All essays →Where I’m Writing
I’m not writing here anymore — and I know that’s not nothing, especially for those of you who have shown up for me over the years. You deserve —
This and That: March 25, 2022
Coming back to the page, especially one so public, after a long time away, means that there is trepidation when it comes to sharing my thoughts. So I’m —
Solitude
This has been sitting in drafts since June 2020. So today felt like the right time to publish it, nearly two years later. I have been thinking a —
Why?
There are days that I sit here and wonder why I write. I’ve asked myself that question more often than not over the past decade. I had hopes —
The book
A friend named it before I’d written a word.
We were talking about a book I wanted to write on southern women, and she said, “You are so Chicken Fried Mascara, and that has to be your book.” First draft finished. In edits now.
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