Tall and tan and young and lovely……she was moving toward me.  No, she was not that girl, from Ipanema—-she looked to be a young mom, pushing a stroller made for two.  It was loaded with twenty wiggling  toes, attached to dressed-alike twins, no more than 14 months old, wearing matching sun hats and teeny-tiny … read more »

Two or three days after our house burned down, I was at my usual manicure appointment with Katy, making a numb effort to get back to something called normal.

But the big gulping noises, runny nose, and torrents of tears gave me away, the minute I sat down. As I sputtered … read more »

Every time I say the word “blog”, I feel like I need a lozenge.  Saying it,  just happens, way back there, in my throat.  Or, bellowed with gusto, it sounds like a far-away ship’s horn, finding it’s way through the fog. BLOOOOG.

Most days, I would like to use my computer for target … read more »

It’s not who you are that holds you back,  it’s who you think you’re not.       unknown

If there is someone you feel jealous of right now, chances are it’s because you know, in your heart of hearts,  you could be and do, what they are being and doing.  Maybe it makes … read more »

A friend of mine threw out her TV about two years ago. Just like that.  She and her husband said, “Enough”.

She is just as informed as the rest of us and a whole lot more calm than most of us. She has turned her attention to reading: the classics, novels, … read more »