MY REDUCTIVE BIO

About Me

The figurine in the photo says it all ( minus her voluptuousness)

Sarah Ouellet
2 min readSep 3, 2024

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The photo shows a paper-mache figurine. It is a seated woman holding an opened book in her left hand and a small cat perched on her lap. Her right leg is crossed over her left one.
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My generation is the Silent Generation (mid-1920s -mid-1940s). I am not silent. I am an opinionated older woman.

I’m out of bed before the sun rises.

As a child, I loved the time alone with my dad, while the rest of the household slept. Now, I spend my early morning feeding five cats (medicating one -thyroid disease), interacting with our macaw (he’s chatty), and then outside to watch the sunrise, fill the bird feeders, clean water dishes muddied by a raccoon while enjoying the chatter and songs of the predawn birds.

My entertainment is quiet and solitary.

Reading, primarily non-fiction books, the Boston Globe newspaper, magazines, Apple News (iPad/iPhone), and Medium provide my entertainment. My books are borrowed from the library and only purchased if I stumble across one on my mental want-to-read list and it’s not at my library. My reading style is several books concurrently.

What about TV?

Aside from the early morning local news, none. Crossword and jigsaw puzzles provide mental stimulation and immense satisfaction; they are quiet activities and I crave silence.

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Sarah Ouellet

Retired passionate animal and nature lover. Feeder of stray cats, rescuing those who want to be rescued.