Caren Chesler

I'm a veteran freelance writer, and my blog, The Dancing Egg, is an irreverent, witty take on what it's like to have a baby at 47.

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Some people are born performers, and no matter where they are, they wind up with a microphone in their hand. That would be my cousin, Morrie, one of the last of the old time Tummlers. Read about him in the latest installment of Suburban Diary.

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Sharing is for the birds! My latest installment of Suburban Diary.

On Blueberry Hill https://t.co/PjDX95hTSj

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Lions and Tigers and Ticks, oh my! My latest installment of Suburban Diary

Rocky Mountain High Fever https://t.co/IvawLMG9Gd

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How do we hold trauma? Do we observe it, plum it for all the lessons, thank it and then move on? No chance. We hold on to it with a vice-like grip until it defines us.

My latest installment of Suburban Diary.

Memorial Day https://t.co/Xf9wFhyaqc

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When life takes an unexpected pivot...

My latest installment of Suburban Diary.
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Nothing says more about who we are than how we drive. That is, if I’d driven in a car with my husband before we started dating, we wouldn’t have gotten very far.

Please read my latest installment of Suburban Diary.

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There are lots of instructions about what to do and say at a Passover Seder. They must have skipped the part about, "What if your son refuses to go?"

Please read my latest installment of Suburban Diary.

Pass-Over https://t.co/52sDpnBZuy

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My mother is not as mobile as she used to be, so I took her to visit her childhood stomping ground on Long Island, via FaceTime. There's more than one way to travel.

I invite you to read the latest installment of Suburban Diary.

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The joy -- and the misery -- of train travel. I invite you to read the latest installment of Suburban Diary.
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Look good? Almost as tasty as the latest installment of Suburban Diary

Clam Pie https://t.co/aX0BlTfksz

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I missed The Grateful Dead. The whole era. So I went to see Dark Star, the premiere Grateful Dead cover band. Hear about it in my latest installment of Suburban Diary

The Darkest Star https://t.co/S3KF3yA9eb

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The latest installment of Suburban Diary.

The Complex Pool https://t.co/6p18dy7RE0

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What does 100 look like? I spent some time with Frida Mae, who is months away. My latest post, on Suburban Diary
The Starlet https://t.co/FFjzLYvhkm

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I've started a substack! It's called Suburban Diary, vignettes from New Jersey, Long island, Westchester, and that little bit of Connecticut that prefers the Yankees to the Red Sox. I plan on publishing about twice a week. Onward!

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The latest episode of The Happy Homemaker:

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My latest blog post on The Happy Homemaker

The House Across the Street https://t.co/xHGpnEL8R6

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I'm happy to report that my article, "After Child’s Suicide, Parents Can Be Engulfed in Self-Blame and Guilt,” in The Washington Post was a co-winner in the Health category of the ASJA: American Society of Journalists and Authors' annual writing awards.

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My most recent installment of The Happy Homemaker, a blog about a post-menopausal mom and a wife in suburbia, in these strange times.
Water's Song https://t.co/fwS7iouXyu

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After all the praise and laughter I received for The Dancing Egg, I decided to start another blog. Enter "The Happy Homemaker." Post #1: https://t.co/liFwEjTE3o

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Virtual reality. It’s all fun and games until you run full speed Into an ottoman.

My latest, for The Washington Post: https://t.co/u11VOJZrPh