Style
Back In The Water With Trepidation, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:20am
It has come to my attention that I have spent far too much time sitting on the sofa. Don’t get me wrong. I like where
June 8, 2019
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Year: 2019
Praise, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:02am
I tend to resist easy praise. When I gave my manuscript (I’ve learned this is what to call it, not yet a book) to a
June 1, 2019
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Christmas presents
Should We Talk About Slippers, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:42am
Have we ever talked about slippers? (Yes. At least I did, almost 10 years ago, in my first year of blogging. Never mind.) Mine, as
May 25, 2019
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Gardening
Wholly Undeserved Rainbows, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:41am
My garden’s still kind of a mess. Somehow I’m not too bothered. It’s easy to find reasons for good cheer. The front yard is worst
May 18, 2019
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Culture of Origin
Do High WASPs Do “Camp?” Or, Saturday Morning at 8:53am
Just in case you hadn’t been wholly saturated by the Met “Camp”-themed Gala I have been asked to discuss. I shall oblige. What am I
May 11, 2019
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Style
The Demands Of Our Feet And The Vicinity Of Our Feet, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:35am
My Achilles tendon continues to heal, very slowly. And so it has come to pass that after years in flats I have to make a
May 4, 2019
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Fierce at 50
And Then One Day You Need New Clothes, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:34am
We all know the “Hey, what’s new this year, gimme inspiration” kind of shopping. I suspect you’re also familiar with my far less glamorous companion,
April 27, 2019
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Baselines, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:22am
In the week of February 20th I strained my Achilles tendon. On March 20th my mom died. Both events hurt, both are fully survivable. I
April 20, 2019
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Motherhood
The Story Of My Mother’s Death, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:36am
This is the story of my mother’s death. It’s very hard to know where to begin. She was 86. For her 80th birthday party, we had invited extended family and friends, she asked that guests wear name tags.
April 13, 2019
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Thank You
You have written me such wonderful replies to Thursday’s post. I can’t reply, I am still not very wordful, but I want you to know
March 24, 2019
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Motherhood
It’s Thursday And Yesterday My Mother Died
My mother died yesterday, early in the morning, in her room at her memory care home. It had become home. We started to understand that
March 21, 2019
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Are We Over-60 Obsessed With Health? Or, Saturday Morning at 10:24am
A few weeks ago, when I wrote that post about eating more vegetables, a reader commented as follows: I’ve noticed the same pattern in all
March 16, 2019
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