Betsy Ashton

My Summer Vacation 2024

I hadn’t planned my summer vacation to include what happened to me, but it did. Let’s start at the beginning. My local hospital sent me a reminder to schedule a annual routine exam. I arrived, stripped from the waist up as I had done for at least fifteen years. My...

An Open Letter

This is an open letter to the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. Dear Dr. Biden, I belong to a group of ten women all of whom have one thing in common: we live with beloved husbands who are battling various neuro-degenerative conditions. None of us are doctors; we are...

Other Than That…

So, there we were on Saturday, April 13, just back from grocery shopping when at 11:15A we heard a huge crash outside. I looked at my husband. He looked at me. "That wasn't an explosion," he said. "That wasn't a crash out on the water." We were both right. It was a...

Mom, Vin Scully, and Me

In 1958, my mother took me to see my first Major League Baseball game in the L.A. Coliseum. The Dodgers had just moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn. We played the then New York Giants before they moved to San Francisco. I fell in love with the game, even though the...

An Open Letter

Jul 26, 2024 | Uncategorized

This is an open letter to the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. Dear Dr. Biden, I belong to a group of ten women all of whom...

Other Than That…

Other Than That…

Apr 18, 2024 | #GoofingAround, #ICYMI, #StayHomeAndRead

So, there we were on Saturday, April 13, just back from grocery shopping when at 11:15A we heard a huge crash outside....

Mom, Vin Scully, and Me

Apr 4, 2024 | #GoofingAround, #Memories

In 1958, my mother took me to see my first Major League Baseball game in the L.A. Coliseum. The Dodgers had just moved...

Memories of Past March Madnesses

Memories of Past March Madnesses

Mar 20, 2024 | #UCLA, College Basketball, March Madness, Memories

I sit here looking at my bracket chart, unable to begin the process of seeing how soon said bracket will be busted by...

Best Laid Plans…

Best Laid Plans…

Jan 21, 2024 | #AmWriting, #Grandpa'sKeys, #NewReadersWanted, #NewRelease, #StayHomeAndRead, Drug Culture

I had planned to write the end-of-year blog post about what happened to me last year. Some of it might have been true;...

Lessons Learned–And Broken

Lessons Learned–And Broken

Oct 10, 2023 | #AmWriting, #BookTeaser, #NewRelease, #WritingLife, Anthology, Book Promotion

Almost any writer can tell you that the moment she comes out as a "writer," she will drown in a deluge of conflicting...

I Will Go On The Record…

I Will Go On The Record…

Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

...to say that "age matters." To say it doesn't belies the fact that age drives nearly everything we do from birth to...

Surviving Writer’s Brain Cramps

Jul 28, 2023 | #AmWriting, #WritingLife, Editing, Writer's Block

Over the weekend I came down with a bad case of cramps. Writer's cramps. Brain cramps. Words got stuck, no matter what...

Why I Don’t Run For A plane

Jun 23, 2023 | #AmWriting, #Memories, #WritingLife, Writing a Series, Writing Challenge, Writing Inspiration

Back in the late 73s, I was stuck in traffic on my way to Los Angeles International Airport to catch a PSA jet to San...

An Open Letter To My Father

An Open Letter To My Father

Jun 17, 2023 | Featured, Lifestyle, Memories

Let me start by saying I never celebrated Father's Day. I never bought a card, picked out a terrible tie or a pair of...

Twas the Night Before Deadline

Twas the Night Before Deadline

Dec 24, 2022 | #AmWriting, #GoofingAround, #Memories, #NewReadersWanted, #StayHomeAndRead, #WritingLife

with apologies to CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE 'Twas the night before deadline, when all through the house Not a writer...

If Not Now

If Not Now

May 27, 2022 | #AmWriting

I'm likely to catch hell for this post, but I don't care. I've written passionately about rape, bullying, drug...

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