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Category: Poppy Talks

Poppy Talks: Some Things Never Change

June 3, 2024 AnnMarie Kennon

I  have written a few columns about the life benefits of being a Gen X. It’s delightfully funny to me…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: digital assistants, generation X, poppy talks, satire

Poppy Talks: The Things That Unite Us

May 1, 2024 AnnMarie Kennon

Just walked back into the house brushing ants and dog hair off my clothes because I didn’t plan well enough…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: 2024 eclipse, betty white, georgetown eclipse, poppy talks, satire

Poppy Talks: America Was Never Not Great

July 11, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

Is it ironic or just interesting that the country we broke up with in 1776 is pretty much our only…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: 'Murica, America, Elon Musk, Independence Day satire, satire

Poppy Talks • A Generational Chat

June 9, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

Me: You know, kids, Miss Poppy loves substitute teaching and putting life experience to good use, but I didn’t realize…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: gen-x, gen-z, millennials, poppy talks, substitute teach, zoomers

An Ode to Moms

May 4, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

I can still see you standing at the sink, washing dishes by hand, and thinking myself clever to have figured…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: letters to mom, mothers day, poppy talks, satire

Adulting: It’s All About the Trade-offs

March 31, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

Regular readers of the Poppy page know of my affection for “The Andy Griffith Show” and I’d like to add…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: adulting, andy griffith show, eddie murphy, gen-x

Poppy Talks: Snow-pocalypse 2

March 1, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

Sure, I believe in climate change but only because that’s what the planet has been doing for all of time…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks

Poppy Talks: First World “Tragedies”

January 2, 2023 AnnMarie Kennon

P oppy is struggling today (it’s mid December 2022 at the writing desk) to write serious satire because it is…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: first world problems, paul whelan, resolutions

Poppy Talks: Pondering Some More

November 30, 2022 AnnMarie Kennon

My Love asked me for some change to do laundry recently and I told him I would dig into my…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: counting quarters, satire

Poppy Talks: Do you really know who you’re voting for?

November 1, 2022 AnnMarie Kennon

No, I don’t mean for the finale of “The Voice.” I’m talking about the mid-term elections November 8. I’m anxious…

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Posted in: Columns, Poppy Talks Filed under: candidate vetting, elections, voting

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