The World According to Barb

Witty reflections on the realities of life, from the perspective of a 50-ish single writer living in a nearly empty nest in Chicago.

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Sunday, June 22, 2025

The Girls Just Want to Have Fun

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Greetings, everyone! It's been a minute since my last blog, but as you all know, when the weather improves, I like to play outside, so f...
Sunday, March 9, 2025

The Adventures of Peri-Menopausal Cinderella

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Happy almost Spring, everyone! We made it, or damn near there. I'm sure we'll have a few random snowstorms here in Chicago until May...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

St. Lucia’s Beauty vs. My Stomach: A Battle for the Ages

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Holy shit! It's already February! As predicted in my last blog, the end of the year literally blew by and now we're already underway...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Evolving into a Hipper Barb After Closet Cleanout

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It's been mentioned several times recently that it's been a minute since my last blog post. It's true and I have little excuse f...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Pumping the Breaks on Serial Dating: Why Less is More

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Greetings, everyone. It's been a minute so thought I would sit down and write a blog. When the weather is nice and I can be outside, wri...
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Springing Forward With New Fur-ever Friend Freddie

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I have exciting news! Are you sitting? Good. I haven't really paid much attention to this blog over the last month or so (reason to be e...
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