Here’s a tale that is the closest thing to a philosphy of life that I can come up with. It’s commonsense advice that suggests that we try keep our eyes on the task at hand without anxiety, blame, judgment or taking events… Read More ›
Month: August 2010
Walking in the Sixties
I come from a family of walkers. Since I was a small child, taking two steps to the grown-ups’ one, my family would walk in the woods, in a nature preserve, to the library, down the street, around the… Read More ›
Lady Gaga
Five years have passed since I became a grandmother. I still find that word- grandmother– an uncomfortable fit. In my mind a grandmother is old, and crotchety with orthopedic shoes and little patience. I shared a room with my grandmother… Read More ›
Keeping a low profile
I had always heard that after a certain age women were invisible, even the most attractive ones. It seemed a sad state of affairs and, even more so, when it began to happen to me. Yet, there is an up-side…. Read More ›
Complicated Relationships
Parents By William Meredith What it must be like to be an angel or a squirrel, we can imagine sooner. The last time we go to bed good, they are there, lying about the darkness. They dandle… Read More ›
Now we are Sixty 