Actor, Model, Writer, Chef. Can bring the funny and the pie. Has been known to dabble in magic.

Joined February 2011
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Read πŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ open.substack.com/pub/bethbr… β€œFlight attendants, take your jump seats.” He sounded calm but concerned, and while I did not panic…” #unexpected #life #curveball
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Read or listen to my most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on #Substack: open.substack.com/pub/bethbr… #life #oops #writing
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ReadπŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ open.substack.com/pub/bethbr… β€œI can build an entirely new imaginary existence for myself in the time it takes to walk the dog (approximately 90 minutes).” #life #writing #daydreams
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Read πŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ open.substack.com/pub/bethbr… #life #nature #writing
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"How did M.E.Β get out there?Β What was the chain of events that led to my housekeeper being stranded on the veranda for hours?Β She preferred not to say." Β  ReadπŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ open.substack.com/pub/bethbr… #life #funnymoments
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ReadπŸ“–or listen to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack: bethbroderick.substack.com/g… β€œAche achy cache check cheek cheeky…” My fingers were flying across the grid this morning. ”Each, heck hack hake happy peach peachy and then the big one…paycheck!” #wordle
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Read πŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack bit.ly/WitWisdomDENILE Β β€œWell, she NEVER did the testing and now she’s a goner. Just goes to show you.” #life #aginggracefully
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β€œNo, but really all I care about is my health and building, you know, … bone density and such. Also, the moon is made of green cheese.” ReadπŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack: bit.ly/WitWisdomWeight #timemarcheson #reflectionsΒ #life
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β€œI think the sweet spot is between 72 and 82,” I said to Michael during one of our long, long walks.Β Β β€œThat’s when we need to be focused on adventure and fun or whatever it is that calls to us before our bodies begin to break down in earnest.” #substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomSweet
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"I have written about luck before. It is a concept that confounds me. I wrestle with the idea of it, with the way that, good or bad, it is present in our lives." ReadπŸ“– or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomLuckyMe #LifeLesson
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"When we were there in the 80s, we were just two young women trying desperately to get help for, and to raise awareness of, young people who were dying of then-unknown causes." π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomWhen #aids #civilrights #lgbtqia
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β€œBecause you are a senior,” the young woman explained… Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomDontMove #writing #hollywood #substack
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β€œYou will not make it here,” I was told. β€œYou will want to leave, or we will have to ask you to leave… you are too young.” The one sure way to get me to do something is to tell me that I can’t. π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomFavYear #HappyNewYear
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"Did I remember to order the bow tie? Who am I forgetting?Β Β When will I have time to write? GO TO THE GYM!!! ... How many RSVPs do we have for the Christmas party?" Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent Wit and Wisdom on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomBusy #holidayseason
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"It was painfully clear that my darling device and I were approaching the last of our time together, that we would soon have to part." Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomClank #ageless #bethbroderick #techhumor
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β€œHer countertops overflowed with her absolute favorite Caramel Popcorn, which she lost more than one tooth crunching into.” Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomTaste #agingtaste #sweettooth #substack
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β€œI have to do it.” I told my nephew Journey. β€œI have never done it, and I do not want to do it but, it’s got to be done.” … Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomNote #onlinedating #ghosting #agewithconfidence
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"I made my entrance sporting a giant rainbow boa made of some kind of synthetic fabric that weighed a ton and was hot as Hades." Read πŸ“š or listen 🎧 to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomArtNow #BethBroderick #dance #arts
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β€œIt felt like an alien had straddled my cranium and was sucking up whatever good stuff might exist inside my head. The thing was the very definition of a β€œkilljoy.”” Read or listen to the most recent π™’π™žπ™© 𝙖𝙣𝙙 π™’π™žπ™¨π™™π™€π™’ on Substack @ bit.ly/WitWisdomShot #ChronicPain
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The official response from Tylenol is just brutal 😏
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