Did you see this??
Married 85 years.
I can hardly process the idea of living that long— much less living with the same person.
Then again, this could be a little ADD in me—I can’t even write a blog sticking to the same topic. I like variety in everything– food, work, clothing … maybe this extends to people.
When [...]
If you read my blog lately, it might seem as if I have only one child in college right now. Daniel’s semester in Buenos Aires has provided more blog fodder recently-– but in real life, his sister’s education always provided more of the drama.
So this is equal time in the interest of fairness. Not [...]
Sharing smiles……stories…..and sandwiches.
If you were a fly on the wall, that’s what you would have seen as the four of us sat around a table the night before Daniel’s flight to Buenos Aires for his semester abroad. The four of us—Daniel, his mother, his father, and his sister—his nuclear family.
If you were a fly [...]
No cell phone. No email. No credit card. No itinerary.
That’s how I went to Europe with a couple girlfriends the summer I was 19. I had a suitcase, a Eurail pass, and a vague idea of where we were going. The plans changed daily; Air France lost my suitcase; at least I hung onto the [...]
… .. faded from the headlines—from the hearts and minds of many Americans occupied with pressing problems in Haiti and closer to home.
For other Americans it’s still far but not forgotten. Never for an instant can they forget the people they love, separated by continents and conflicts far from home….held close to their hearts.
Today [...]
She’s the only person left on the planet who changed my diapers. She remembers the day I was born. She lives across the country; I see her very rarely.
At 91, she moves a little slower and shakier—but she’s as sharp and salty as ever. She reads like crazy but she doesn’t use a computer— and [...]
Thanks to Facebook, last night I talked to an old, close friend for the first time in 25 years. Before calling me, John did some catching up by blog. He read my post about my mom, who died when I was 18, and said he remembered coming with me to visit her in the hospital.
I [...]
Once upon a time…….OK, actually last night ….…V and I are out to dinner.
We’re discussing computer dating……something neither of us ever did. Luckily. Since everything about us is completely different and we have nothing in common, no computer—and no human—would ever put us together.
This line of conversation leads to me ask a potentially lethal [...]
New York Times. December 27, 2009. Book Review Section. Top of page 15, with the review of Miami Babylon by Gerald Posner.
When I saw this photo in today’s paper, a different title leaps to mind: This is Your Life.
This is MY life.
Miami Beach. The Shelborne Hotel. Collins Avenue and 18th Street.
Another view…. Same hotel, same [...]
I believe in equal rights and equal pay and equal everything. Closer to home—equality has its limits.
Though our household contains two humans and one cat—things are pretty lopsided around here. I’m talking closet space, conversation, and definitely drama (our cat wins that one, hands down). With two females competing for time and attention, this pretty [...]
