Years, Fears, and Running Gears

About the Book

Years, Fears, and Running Gears, Volume II, with Retirement Year is a collection of columns and essays previously published in newspapers, along with a few story adaptations recorded by the author for Tales From the South and National Public Radio.

Writing for and about women, the author shares what's on her mind, what's bothering her, what makes her happy, and what's dear to her heart. When the first two collections of her columns were published, she was surprised at the number of men who told her they enjoyed her writing. Now she hopes the Baby Boomer Generation will choose to give her book to friends and family, for not only has Patsy written about personal fears, but common life shared by women (and men) everywhere.

She says, "Some days I write about important matters, other times, I battle some of the silly fears that fill our hours, days, and years. Actually my columns are a cross between a diary and a journal. I bear my soul in an essay of personal thoughts, when I wouldn't dare let anyone read my diary. And I certainly don't have time to write in a journal!"

And the gears - Oh what gears! Women, especially, shift gears so often that it's a wonder they have any left.

As Patsy has now shifted into her retirement years, her shared daily doings will give you food for thought.

She says, "Actually, I'm semi-retired (still writing). But I've been away from the day job long enough to tell you this for sure - life doesn't slow down one bit when you take the plunge.

Maybe it's because I now realize that no matter how long life is, it's never long enough."

You may relate, you may laugh, you may cry. Patsy hopes her readers will understand, and enjoy the read. You are invited to join in as women everywhere face their...

YEARS, FEARS AND RUNNING GEARS

About the Author

Patsy Pipkin is a native Arkansan, who lives in Searcy with her husband, Bill. She has two grown sons, a lovely daughter-in-law, and two wonderful grandchildren. All who have found themselves, on occasion, in G-Mama's writings.

Life experiences are shared through thoughtful, funny, serious, soul-searching essays and columns published in newspapers and news magazines, and syndicated by SENIOR WIRE, Clear Mountain Communications, Denver, Colorado, to senior citizen publications in twenty-two states,Canada and India.

Patsy got her first taste of writing for newspapers as a teenager when she wrote the 'locals' for The Beebe News. A columnist for The Daily Citizen in Searcy, Arkansas for over fifteen years, she also had columns in the state's largest newspaper, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and in several other Arkansas newspapers in the state before being syndicated.

Freelancing to newspapers and magazines since giving up the day job, this is her third collection of columns to be published. She is working on her first novel.