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I don't consider myself a person bound by tradition.... more

I put my feet on the floor, first thing in the morning, and take a look at them.... more

The fruit lady has my number.... more

It’s an odd experience watching someone fold your underwear.... more

My husband, Peter, and I feel like social butterflies.... more

I am delighted to report that my mother has come around.... more

My husband, Peter, says they are rushing the season.... more

A few weeks before Halloween and many years ago, when I was still married to my former husband, he and I and a couple we knew all decided we would celebrate Halloween dressed as the Midwest.... more

I love Little Free Libraries.... more

This past week we attended the memorial for my husband Peter's oldest sister, Shelley.... more

My husband, Peter,� and I are spending time “up north” with my parents at their cabin by the lake. Fall is late this year. I mentioned this to Peter on the drive north.... more

It's not always easy living with me. But my husband, Peter, has to.... more

I met Betty sitting outside on the sidewalk.... more

"I don't remember you at all!" the portly man informed my husband, Peter.... more

Here's the thing: I'm not superstitious.... more

It wasn't much of a joke, as far as jokes go.... more

I sometimes envy people who have a family home to return to, a place where they grew up, where their parents or even their grandparents lived.... more

I was walking down an old street in an old part of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.... more

They call the impossibly complicated screen I am looking at a "dashboard," which I do not find reassuring at all. It would be nice not to associate my ignorance of technology with crashing some out-of... more

My husband, Peter, and I are back in our little place in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.... more

I've decided that I'm good enough.... more

The package arrived last week and, I have to admit, I was surprised.... more

My mother has found the perfect pet. She just doesn't realize it yet.... more

I was “up north,” walking through the woods with an escort of dragonflies on either side, as if I were a visiting dignitary in need of protection.... more

I was packing for our recent trip to Mexico when I found the old tube of VO5.... more

My husband, Peter, and I went to our first concert in the park last night.... more

I've been under some stress lately.... more

I have been trying, for as long as I can remember and with limited success, to learn Spanish.... more