She’s the only person left on the planet who changed my diapers.   She remembers the day I was born.    She lives across the country;  I see her very rarely. At 91, she moves a little slower and shakier—but she’s as sharp and salty as ever.   She reads like crazy but she doesn’t use a computer— […]

Thanks to Facebook, last night I talked to an old, close friend for the first time in 25 years.  Before calling me, John did some catching up by blog.  He read my post about my mom, who died when I was 18,  and said he remembered coming with me to visit her in the hospital. […]

I believe in equal rights and equal pay and equal everything.       Closer to home—equality has its limits. Though our household contains two humans and one cat—things are pretty lopsided around here.  I’m talking closet space, conversation, and definitely drama (our cat wins that one, hands down).   With two females competing for time and attention, this […]