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Barbara G. Tucker, authors novels, Bible studies, and educational materials. Look for Long Lost Justice, Sudden Future, and soon, Lying In on Amazon, among others. She is a college professor of Communication and English and administrator. In real life, she is a follower of Christ, mom, friend, writing mentor, and dog owner. She is available for speaking engagements. She lives in Northwest Georgia. Comments welcome. Website: www.barbaragrahamtucker.com.

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Emily Dickinson Home, Gardens, and Gravesite

- September 22, 2013

One can understand her poetry much better after visiting Amherst!

Kallman's Syndrome: The Secret Best Kept

- July 27, 2011

I went to my cardiologist yesterday. Every year I have to wear a Holter monitor for a day because of a heart ablation I had in 2007. If you don’t know what a Holter monitor is, it’s a 24-hour mobile, wires-hanging-off-your-body EKG. The nurse practitioner saw me, (not the doctor, which is ok because his voice puts me to sleep). She was very sweet. She asked me if I was still taking Estradiol and Progesterin. “No,” I said. “I’ve totally gone off those. I was on them for a very long time and I wanted to be sure to stop.” What I didn’t tell her is how long I actually had taken those hormones. 37 years. I started with HRT when I was 17 because I have Kallman’s Syndrome. You may never meet a person who has this condition. It only affects 1 in 10,000 people (or 1 in 86,000, according to one source) so that’s quite a range and far more males have it than females (as do most negative things). So, being female, I am quite an oddit

Do I Really Have to See the Barbie Movie?

- August 20, 2023

You know, I was going to write an essay about the Barbie movie . I am pretty close to deciding that I don't need to spend $8 or more (plus gasoline), 3 hours, and some brain cells looking at pink (only pretty in its natural settings) silliness. Therefore, I think I will also save the time writing this trying to explain why I probably won't see it unless it comes on YouTube and I'm too tired to do anything else. Some are talking about it like it's the most profound art of the summer and an insightful exploration of sexual power dynamics. I have enough problems already. And I watched the other half of Barbenheimer already, Oppenheimer (it is brilliant except for the unnecessary and nauseating sex, which I guess was put in there to show what a womanizer he was). I've already spent my 3 hours on movies for the summer. Oh, and three on Sound of Freedom, but that was obligatory. And worth it; despite the controversies (ginned up by media that will attack anything