I spent much of my girlhood with my Aunt Betty, who went to work early every morning. “Don’t go outside until I get home,” she emphatically said, leaving me alone to while away the hours as best I could. She didn’t own a television, so I occupied myself reading her books and magazines, playing her […]
The evening news lulls me into a nightmarish sleep. In the distance storm clouds are brewing. I hear the rolling thunder of division and dissonance. On the horizon I see lightning bolts igniting fiery hatred. The storm rolls in. Muscular columns of darkened clouds and densely pelting rain march in indomitable columns across the landscape […]
“Oh, bother!” was my reaction when I read the letter informing me that my local internet provider was ceasing its operation. The provider was a small local company that supplied our exurb with fast internet speeds and personalized customer service, all at affordable and competitive prices. The company maintained and managed its network so well […]
Whenever Mother wasn’t looking, I sneaked into my parent’s bedroom, sat down on the bench in front of Mother’s mirrored dressing table, and quietly riffled through her dressing table drawers fascinated with all her ladylike things: her pink Spoolies, her cherry red lipstick, her powdered compact, her scented sachets, and her “hankies.” Her hankie drawer […]
My endocrinologist recently ordered blood work for me. “Here,” she said, handing me a computer-generated form with my name, insurance information, and testing particulars on it. “Schedule your appointment online. Then take this to the diagnostic center upstairs to get your blood work done.” I scheduled my appointment, and the following day, my husband Bill […]
Not long ago, I went searching for a keepsake I thought I had stored in the back of my closet. I searched and searched but never found whatever it was that sent me on my quest. Instead, I found more. As I rummaged through my possessions—some treasured, some not, I happened upon a collection of […]
