Color my Wits . . . Craz’d If I were painting, my palette would be messy. Grief is a hard subject. But, I am writing. Finding words is harder when one’s wits are knotted by the times, and tears. Other people’s words describe the swirl of emotions that are washing...
Exhaustion Exhaustion is not an uncommon companion at my age and stage. While this feeling of fatigue reminds me of how I felt in 1968, it is more palpable and David French's description captures well the worn-outness I feel. But, also the hope: “ . . . The...
The trailers for the movie Can You Ever Forgive Me looked more lighthearted than it was. It was not funny, although it was a well-done movie. The movie, drawn from a real-life story about a writer, Lee Israel, was deeply affecting. Sadness and lostness pervaded all...
As summer announces its imminent arrival with warmer weather, and as our move looms closer, I am not doing much gardening, except watering. Also, knowing, come mid-July there just might be a completely new layout restrains my urge to plant and transplant. Why bother,...
The other day, I had a green light, and prepared to turn left onto a moderately busy residential street. As I pulled out a young woman literally sailed through the intersection, traveling fast, and looking only straight ahead. Slamming on the brakes I laid on my horn....
Fleeing a funk may be a bit more challenging in this season of life; weighed down with memories and memorabilia that aren’t always easy to share. I’ve been in a funk — or a slump —- for a spell. Whew . . . My inner Mary Engelbreit has been warning me to SNAP OUT...
Assessing my autumn’s garden, in mid-October, I see the fuchsia apparently enjoys fall weather as much as it did spring’s. That I kept it live through summer astonished me and pleased me. Daily watering really can keep plants alive! The lantana still blooms; I...
Half a century ago, we were angry with each other and the government because of the Vietnam war, civil rights — and Watergate. Then the Supreme Court decided abortion was a constitutional right. (9 Things You Should Know About Roe v Wade) Fifty years ago,...
“My body, my choice” is an argument that many make to justify a woman’s right to end the life of her unborn child. Today, many wonder if that argument is equally applicable in other decisions, like the one whether to receive a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. Yes....
How are you, asks one character or another on almost every episode of both our latest binge-watch series. (Coming Up With Better Questions) Sometimes two and three times during a single episode, one character approaches a person who has either witnessed or...
This year’s sunflowers lasted until the last day of summer; autumn arrived with a sunny chilly fresh burst. This time last year, we were coming through a hot dry patch. In fact, in September of 2019 we were in what I learned was a flash drought. It’s one reason last...
Douglas faithfully dyed Easter eggs when the kids were little; he carefully hid them, too. So carefully, sometimes I found a couple when later in the spring as I weeded. This year, of course, dying Easter eggs was not on my agenda of must-dos; nor on Doug’s either. ...
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