I’m three years older than John McCain and wish there were age limits for the highest office. We septuagenarians just aren’t as sharp as we were even if we think we are. Too bad, but that’s the way it is.

Perhaps there are exceptions but, although I still work full… Read full post »

I only heard it said twice thus I was only stunned twice. Two days ago Gloria Borgia of CNN, part of The Most Annoying Political Team on the Planet, said it was important to find out if Obama had “our values.” She said this with an emphasis on our and, as… Read full post »

I already had an escape ladder, three fire extinguishers… Read full post »

I’m sitting on a stool in my mother’s apartment kitchen thinking about tomorrow when my first child will be induced. She has no interest in departing the womb—nor will her future siblings—and is now three weeks beyond the due date and the necessary dilation announcing her immi… Read full post »

I can’t take it any more. Every day I think this is it—Obama will tell us who his choice is for veep and every day it’s put off to the next. The only good thing is my husband and I can each keep a quarter---the amount we bet on what day… Read full post »

We’re not talking weight here. If so, you’d see little jubilant exclamation points and smiley faces. No, we’re talking height. Here’s the story: I used to be five feet, eight and a quarter inches. In my day this meant people were always asking me how tall I was as if they… Read full post »

Jewelry is not my thing especially when it comes to rings. Not only are they a cinch to misplace, they get in my way when I’m at the sink, in the shower or out in the garden which is why I can’t find them for the week following. Although at present… Read full post »

Because I suffer, to use my mother’s favorite verb, from myopia–or did—I used to think I was invisible. Now entrenched in what some might call my dotage, my eyesight has improved to such a degree that I forget to put on my glasses until half the day is gone, This unexpected… Read full post »

The trouble with reading about writing is it takes up one’s writing time. If you have to choose between writing and reading about writing the choice is clear. But what do you do when someone sends you a book on writing as has just happened to me? The book is excellent… Read full post »