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Real Life - Real Laughs:
Humor When You Need It Most

Cate Burns’ thirty-eight non-fiction stories of heartfelt humor explore society’s foibles and personal snafus with insightful zingers that will delight readers. Burns casts an unstinting, cock-eyed look at personal change, friendship, sanity and courage.

"Absolutely LOVE the descriptions in this work. Very, very, very clever and, dare I say it? -unique. This is refreshing, funny, inventive and delightful."
-Sharon Whitehill, Ph. D.

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Several years ago, I decided to explore the happy side of life, while seeking deeper truths--or not," says Burns. "I wanted to see what humor could show me. At times I was inspired by the thought of a pagan Anne Lamotte or David Sedaris on estrogen."

Cate Burns salutes the absurd and quirky in life with non-fiction stories of heartfelt humor. Her writing honors (or defames) the lineage in her maternal family that dates to the Scottish poet Robert Burns. She has won numerous first place writing awards, including the London Book Festival, Lorrin Tarr Gill National Writing Competition, Amsterdam Book Festival, Paris Book Festival, and Women’s Voices Festival, Honolulu.

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Tail Light Man on a Volcano
May 8, 2025

Kilauea volcano, Hawaii IslandIt’s always intriguing to notice when people exist together in the same moment, but have polar opposite experiences. This reminds me of…READ MORE

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