Crying Out Loud

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A journalist, a storyteller, an editor and artist. Writing about life as I know it ... funny, sad, infuriating, lovely, ironic, happy, poetic et al. Haunted by the paradoxes of life.

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About Judith Spitzer

Journalist, photographer, artist and storyteller, lover of good writing, box pleats, Cardigan Welsh Corgiโ€™s, women, and vintage. Iโ€™m here to share my thoughts, paths in life, my trauma, my courage, my laughable life, and to read about yours.

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