Sorting through old photos and memorabilia – organizing my junque so the movers don’t think I’m disorganized or a hoarder, I see many changes documented with my humble cameras. Even more can change in just a year. This time last year on the cover of Vanity Fair –...
Many things in this life I can’t change – but some things I can change – even though they don’t always stay changed. Monkey Grass comes to mind: A hardy plant here in Dallas it’s great in the right places because it is resilient and prolific, which it makes it a...
I love Cole Porter — Well, I love his music. He had an ear for how we are, and put that into lilting and lovely music that made sense to me even in the 1960’s! (That Old Black Magic, I Get a Kick out of You, Night and Day — ) The man was as complicated as he was ...
Cogitating on things this glorious morning in June, enjoying perhaps the last drier day for a spell, I am soaking up other people’s wisdom. For example, I didn’t know if President Lincoln actually declared what I am feeling: “I have been driven many times upon my...
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,...
Because, more often than not in these times, I don’t know what to say, my thoughts can feel like dense fog — groping for understanding. This fog might explain why often I am at a loss for words. Bottom line, honest to Pete: I don’t know what to say when people...
So, the other day I had a casual conversation with a younger woman who likes writing, but is reluctant to wade into words, arranging them in such a way that satisfies herself and communicates her thoughts. My analysis — not her’s. Writing is . . . tricky. Being...
Can you imagine visiting with friends and all the conversations began with, Here: Read this? I am guilty of this sometimes on social media. When someone expresses so perfectly what I think, if I had even thought about a subject, I want you to know: this is...
Not Whoops! As I banged my fists on the table, I realized it was no whoops I did it again moment. No I let go of what I should have reined in! I lost my temper, again. This time banging my fists on the table as the operator, located in Central America, put me on hold,...
Summer school was not something I would have chosen for fun – but, I had to take a few classes in order to graduate. I was given another chance to master what I had missed. The move back has felt like those rigorous summer school classes I had to take: chemistry,...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said of this season, "Summer has set in with its usual severity." This year our summer didn’t get severe until August. In Texas August is hot; in Maryland it’s humid. In Maine . . . well, it’s wonderful. But we aren’t there. We left the Texas...
Looking back, before COVID erupted in March 2020, Doug and I may have had it! Something fast and harsh knocked us for a loop in February. I caught what I thought was a cold and shared. That wasn’t a kind thing. Doug wound up on heavy meds. Shortly after we...
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