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Leftovers
It was that time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Hannukah lights and the Menorah were in the Meadow Lakes lobby along with the...

Joy Johnson Brown
Dec 4, 20204 min read


A Meadow Lakes Thanksgiving!
They had gathered for a real Thanksgiving feast. The seven friends; Mary Rose McGill and her new old husband, Wiley Vondra, Robinson...

Joy Johnson Brown
Nov 19, 20204 min read


It's Here!
More fun from The Last BOOB Girl Book! Now – especially for all of you who loved BOOBs I and asked about Maggie Patten’s death… read on,...

Joy Johnson Brown
Oct 30, 20203 min read


More Fun From The Last BOOB Girl Book!
I told my husband, Ted, when we first talked about The BOOB Girls, that I realized that in about half the books these four old women beat...

Joy Johnson Brown
Oct 8, 20204 min read


Even More Fun From The Last BOOB Girl Book!
Here is another teaser from book XII: The girls are talking intensely to Mary Rose after she has rushed into the dining room with the...

Joy Johnson Brown
Sep 8, 20203 min read


Hello, The Last BOOB Girl Book!
Here are the first paragraphs of the last BOOB Girl book: “He’s dead!” The three women sitting at table 12 in the Meadow Lakes Retirement...

Joy Johnson Brown
Aug 19, 20202 min read


Don’t Mess with Mamas!
SHARE THIS WITH SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A SMILE. FORWARD IT TO FRIENDS. Tiny drops of moisture slid down the sides of the large glass pitcher...

Joy Johnson Brown
Aug 7, 20206 min read


Who Is That Masked Woman?
They were in Hadley Joy Morris-Whitfield’s apartment on the third floor of Meadow Lakes Retirement Community. Robinson Leary was poised...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jul 23, 20204 min read


Banks and Bears
Robbie Leary was talking as loud as she could. She was in the back seat of Alphonso Greatwood’s super customized van, and it was a long...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jul 1, 20205 min read


Who are the lucky recipients?
“Here,” Hadley Joy Morris Whitfield said, handing each of her three friends a bundle of cash held together by a fancy paper clip. “I love...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jun 18, 20206 min read


What Did Marge Aaron Find Out?
It was a warm, sunny spring day. Hadley Joy Morris Whitfield, Marge Aaron, Robinson Leary and Mary Rose McGill were enjoying a glass of...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jun 3, 20203 min read


Meadow Lakes in Lockdown
The text was simple. “Meet me at Table 12, 9:30 pm.” The dining room was locked. Table 12 was inaccessible. But as the big clock in the...

Joy Johnson Brown
May 20, 20204 min read


Mother's Day
Mother’s Day has several ends Not only kids, but also friends. Over all these many years The mothers and I have shared our tears. So, to...

Joy Johnson Brown
May 5, 20202 min read


My Sheltered-In Diary
We have all cried and if we haven’t, we’ve certainly felt like it. In your blogs we’ve talked about grief and guilt and regret. Now it’s...

Joy Johnson Brown
Apr 21, 20203 min read


Tough Old Broads
Tough Old Broads We are tough old broads. Our Great-great Grandmothers sat in cold, drafty taverns, lit by gaslight or candles, cold...

Joy Johnson Brown
Mar 27, 20202 min read


Don’t You Dare Feel Guilty!
Sometimes you learn some little detail, some little piece of information that changes your life. This little gem came at one of the...

Joy Johnson Brown
Mar 2, 20202 min read
When Being Grateful Isn’t
I enjoyed hearing from so many of you after the blog about being grateful during 2020. I also realized, there are times when gratitude...

Joy Johnson Brown
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Throwback Thursday!
An oldie but goodie! Two of my favorite jokes.

Joy Johnson Brown
Jan 30, 20201 min read


The Burned Out Old Broads on Audio
Remember when Maggie Patten drove her old jeep onto the cemetery road, got out, walked up to the grave of her mean-talking,...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jan 28, 20201 min read


What We Have and What We Don't Have
It is time to upgrade our greeting from Happy New Year to Happy New Decade. If there are as many changes in these next ten years as in...

Joy Johnson Brown
Jan 9, 20203 min read
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