Posted on August 3, 2012 at 9:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
It was not something I ever thought about until my mother died. Going through the remains of her personal effects, I came upon three bundles of crochet hooks, each wrapped securely with bands made from elastic, the kind you find in knickers. They were sorted methodically according to hook size--small…
Posted on August 2, 2012 at 12:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Uncle Edward is my mother’s younger brother; she and Grandma always give him digs. He is much too cheeky--- always playing tricks. I am too young to know that he also is a gambler--- likes the ponies. He is considered a bachelor ne’er do well by the adults of the family. To me, he is a favorite uncle---…
Posted on July 30, 2012 at 2:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Move over, Shades of Grey, I have fantasies too. Mine may not be as wild as yours. I haven’t read the book so I have no way of knowing. Nevertheless I am amongst those legions of lonely women whose husbands have died---older women who support many causes but never their own. But I am…
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When I was little, pennies were the size of a quarter. Remember? I must have been going on four. We lived in the west-end, not far from the barber shop on the corner. Along the avenue in the next block going toward…
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