There was a freezing chill in the January air. Rosy-cheeked, Grammy and I stood in line stomping our feet to keep warm, pulling our wool hats over reddened ears, and tightening our scarves around our necks. At noon the theater door opened and a black-caped man announced: “Welcome to Le Theatre de Marionette.” We edged […]
Today a woman somewhere is laughing, weeping, grieving, or celebrating. Someone is giving birth; someone is losing a loved one to death. Relationships are forming, others are ending. For some, this will be an ordinary day filled with many of the same activities as yesterday. For others, something unexpected will suddenly make this day unforgettable, one that they may tell their children and grandchildren about in the future. In the same way that we are curious about how our grandmothers lived, future generations will be interested in learning about what an ordinary day was like in our lives.
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One Woman's Day
December 30 – Unfinished Year 2020
Not traveling during Sequester In Place hasn’t been an issue for me. The other day, though, I walked into our kitchen and felt a deep desire to go to Carmel, a place I’ve been going to since I was a child. I know the cracks in the sidewalks, the slow uphill climb from the beach, […]
December 21 – Insomnia
I open my eyes, I am wide awake, it is dark. I look at the clock on my night table; its red numbers glow in the dark. 2:13 a.m. The house is quiet. Way too early, way too early. The words circle in my head. The night just started and it stretches in front of […]
December 14 – A Holiday Recovery Moment
Oh! The value of a moment in time, how small and short they are—but how some moments have the power to re-energize us. I had a rare spiritual awakening recently. An ordinary real estate deal went south. Boy, I was pissed, counting all the dollar bills I would lose and rapidly tumbling down a rabbit […]
December 7 – Adventures in Home Economics Class
Before the Internet, fast food restaurants, and takeout, high school girls of my generation took home economics class. It was one of the few electives available to us girls in 1968. Boys didn’t take home economics. It just didn’t happen, and by all counts may even have been illegal. We girls didn’t take shop class. […]
November 15 – Gluten
Its bubbles make me smile. Do you need a feeding? The sour smell tells me today’s breads will be perfect. Today is Sunday, so it’s bread day. I make sour dough loaves on Sunday for the entire family. I have a physical and emotional attachment with the sour dough that comes from “feeding” it several […]
