THE BITCHIN SISTERS - Nancy and Janet are old and in the way!

Mar 01 2025 37 ep. 13 mins 2
THE BITCHIN SISTERS - Nancy and Janet are old and in the way! Podcast artwork

LAUGH AND LEARN with Janet, and Nancy, “The Bitchin’ Sisters,” as we tell it like it is – the way it was back then and the mess we’re in now!

We’re growing old in a new world, with skyrocketing costs, crazy fashions, changing norms, and, I hate to remind you, with limited time left. We’ve got some practical ideas that might work for you, and we definitely have some opinions that you might have too!

We’ll entertain you and inform you! Let’s look back at how it was, and ahead to what’s coming!

And if you’re YOUNG? Maybe you can learn something from your elders! Supposedly, we’re wise! But we’ve definitely been there and done that.

We come to you twice a month with new episodes. Some are funny, some are serious, some are just our crazy opinions. I hope you enjoy our show.

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SO Last Century

Mar 01 2025 12 mins  
TODAY my husband remarked that the LAST CENTURY was ACTUALLY more than a quarter of a century ago! So MUCH has changed, and I don't just mean the obvious. Not computers and cellphones, I've tried to keep up with that, and I've done pretty well. But there are SO MANY THINGS that have changed while I wasn't looking! I was a hold-out for a cellphone, and that cost me. And then when I

GETTING MARRIED ... at 75!

Feb 15 2025 16 mins  
YES! NANCY GOT MARRIED ---AGAIN! And why not? She ans her "better half" had been living together for over 20 years when they were presented with a religious reason to marry. BUT IT WASN'T EASY! There were many steps. MANY STEPS! They followed them all and, on the way, they did sweet little things for each other. They behaved like young lovers, with gifts and gestures. Even when a f

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Feb 01 2025 11 mins  
IF YOU HAVE THE INCLINATION you can help make your community a better place. Can you read? Maybe you could volunteer to read to children at the library or dschool. You can join a friends group and help where your interests lie. Mark talks aout his 37 years of service as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician. Janet used graphics skills to promote several friends groups. Even Nanc

BACK TO NATURE

Jan 15 2025 15 mins  
THERE IS NO DENYING THE RESTORATIVE POWERS OF NATURE. Janet and Nancy reminisce about childhood days spent in the woods of the Catskill Mountains. This provided a lifelong desire to live in the country, in the woods, in nature. So many people live in cities, in hi-rises, in duplexes, in apartments. Do they ever see the night sky? Do they have any connection with the natural world?

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?

Jan 01 2025 12 mins  
NAMES I'VE KNOWN-- Our name defines us, to some extent. Apparently, people name their babies names that signify a higher class that their own. Some people name their babies joke names! My two kids have the first names in the baby names list, Abby and Aaron. There was a bit of a feud with their father--let's leave it at that. Who are you and who have you been. I was everything from

HOW TO SHOW TRUST

Dec 15 2024 12 mins  
TRUST is such an elusive thing. It is often on shaky ground, but it perseveres. Nancy relates a personal generational story about trust. She also explores how to demonstrate trust and how to nurture it. I've often heard the phrase "trust issues." Apparently a person is loathe to trust when they've suffered a history of broken trusts. Sounds about right.

RISE & GRIND--MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH COFFEE

Dec 01 2024 9 mins  
COFFEE, it's SO much more than a beverage. Nancy saw it as an adult ritual. When vacationing, she sought out coffee plantations and even seemed to form an emotional attachment to a certain blend. Janet just remembers that it was NANCY who got her hooked on coffee creamers--the bain of the middle-age female body. And that's just starters...

DON'T YOU GO DYIN' ON ME

Nov 15 2024 13 mins  
If you have a partner of many years, you have probably discussed the idea that ONE of you will "go" first--unless, of course, you're in an accident, or a house fire, or a mass murder. Otherwise, it's you or them. And then what? I've had friends who've had to "go it alone'" and I have been impressed by how capable and strong they are. How would I react? How wound you?

HOWDO YOU MEASURE YOUR LIFE?

Nov 01 2024 12 mins  
Nancy measures her life by husbands! Yes! And then she measures by her name: maiden name, married names, hippie name! And then she asks, "what if you knew how long your life would be? How would life be different? And what if you could know how long other people would be living? It brings up all sorts of ethical questions.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GROWN-UP?

Oct 15 2024 16 mins  
Nancy ponders the myriad definitions of "grown-up." She wonders when she made the cut. Or IF. Age? Relationships? Children? Career? Maturity? Humility? Mark says, "aging is mandatory; maturity is optional." and some of us refuse to grow up. But isn't it good to retain some childlike wonder?