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Thirteen Years of Living Rich

It Falls Apart At Last

3 min readJun 3, 2023

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Thirteen Years of Living Rich

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My 13 Years of Living Rich

What It Taught Me About the Mega-Wealthy, the Former Prez, and Regular Folk

2 min readOct 7, 2022

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My 13 Years of Living Rich

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2020: The Year That Just Won’t Quit

Mid-March 2020: The pandemic starts in earnest. Our governor issues stay-at-home orders. I am a writer, an introvert. I am used to being…

4 min readOct 25, 2020

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2020: The Year That Just Won’t Quit

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Dogs I Have Loved, Men I Have Left

Twice now, I’ve been married. Twice now, I’ve been divorced. Makes me wonder — actually it makes me think — that I may not be such a great…

4 min readApr 5, 2021

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Dogs I Have Loved, Men I Have Left

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I Am Your Worst Nightmare…

No, I’m not a serial killer, not an embezzler, not even a jaywalker.

3 min readNov 20, 2020

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I Am Your Worst Nightmare…

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Maureen Cooke

The End

From Crazy Rich: A Semi-Factual, but Totally Truthful, Memoir

2 min readAug 1, 2023

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The End

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My Big, Fat, Idiotic Divorce

Prologue: In which our plucky heroine survives the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

3 min readJul 30, 2023

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My Big, Fat, Idiotic Divorce

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Tying My Shoes: Not the Be-All and End-All of Life

(On Friday, August 26, 1966, in the early afternoon, my mother, Patricia Anne Foley Browning, died at home of colon cancer. She was three…

6 min readJul 29, 2023

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Tying My Shoes: Not the Be-All and End-All of Life

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To Boulder

From: Crazy Rich: A Semi-Factual, but Totally Truthful, Memoir

10 min readJul 23, 2023

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To Boulder

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Will the Real Mary Ambrose Please Stand Up?

from Crazy Rich: A Semi-Factual, but Totally Truthful, Memoir

2 min readJun 25, 2023

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Will the Real Mary Ambrose Please Stand Up?

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Maureen Cooke

Maureen Cooke

I'm a writer, editor, former college instructor, hot walker, factory worker. I write about disastrous relationships, generally tongue-in-cheek.

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