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SHAMELESS PROMOTION
As an independently published author I am again renewing efforts to entice people to read and enjoy my memoir. Publishing mainstream is...
Kay Runyan
Sep 18, 20228 min read
THE BIG MOVE (final I hope)
Again it's been awhile (over 2 months) since I posted a blog. A lot has happened in that time. My last blog left off with the tantalyzing...
Kay Runyan
Apr 12, 20223 min read
Mailase has lifted
As my followers can see I have not posted a blog since November and here it is February already. Where does time go? If you have read my...
Kay Runyan
Feb 5, 20223 min read
Installment #3 Malaise????
I ended my last installment talking about obtaining my PhD from U.C. Berkeley. However, I must share one of the most enjoyable adventures...
Kay Runyan
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Installment #2 Malaise
Since I wrote the last blog I have spent a few days reflecting on my life. It certainly keeps the brain busy. I must say my time on this...
Kay Runyan
Oct 16, 20213 min read
Malaise?????
Perhaps some of my followers have noticed that it's been awhile since I last posted. I decided to take a break from feeling so bad about...
Kay Runyan
Oct 12, 20212 min read
An indirect casualty of Covid
As you all know in this last year both my brother and my sister passed from Covid. Since my brother's passing his wife Mary, of 62 years...
Kay Runyan
May 8, 20211 min read
Spring has Sprung????
I cut these daffodils from my son's garden. I saw them make the valiant effort over the last two weeks to rise up and open to the world....
Kay Runyan
Feb 20, 20212 min read
MY SISTER
As many of you know who follow me, my sister contracted COVID. She is in a nursing home. She was symptom free for 10 days and we all...
Kay Runyan
Jan 21, 20211 min read
Loss of family to COVID
In June of 2020 I lost my brother Gerald to COVID. He was in a nursing home and had not seen any family member except through a window...
Kay Runyan
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Adult Children home again!!!! The New Normal.
It seems to be a sign of the times. More adult children are "having to move back to their parent's home." It isn't just the Millenials...
Kay Runyan
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Inequities in nursing homes
In my first blog I talked about my brother's passing. He had no contact with relatives except through a window where a conversation was...
Kay Runyan
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Resilience, A tricky thing to find
In my last blog I wrote about my own rape and why women don't tell when they are raped, and how resilience is needed to move on with...
Kay Runyan
Sep 5, 20202 min read
Why Women don't tell
After being raped she didn't tell anyone, why?
Kay Runyan
Aug 13, 20202 min read
Mustering Resilience for Technology
Takeaway Tip: If at first you don't succeed, try again and sometimes again and again.
Kay Runyan
Aug 6, 20202 min read
Needs and wants collide with COVID-19 reality
Sometimes, our personal wants and needs won't fall on the same 'timeline' as medical knowledge.
Kay Runyan
Jul 30, 20202 min read
My Dear Brother Gerald - Lost to Covid
This year, when we could see how this horrible pandemic was moving through care facilities, we tried to get him home before catching Covid
Kay Runyan
Jul 17, 20203 min read
Reflecting on Injustices, Great and Small
t’s so important to take the time to reflect on what we say, how we say it, and how each person will remember those words or actions.
Kay Runyan
May 31, 20202 min read
Exercise in the time of Covid
I can't figure out why I don't exercise at home. I procrastinate by reminding myself that I golf 1-2 days a week and walk the dog, but still
Kay Runyan
May 29, 20202 min read
Reflections from the Author
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