 Birthday Season It’s birthday season at my house, but there will not be any birthday cake this year. As it will, time has continued its forward march and my daughter turned 21 this week but she is far away at school, and I’ll be spending my birthday at work. I am a big fan of […]  When can I open my eyes? I’m not a fan of scary movies, or gory ones, or really any kind of violence so I’m the friend sitting next to you at the movies (remember going to the movies?) with my hands over my ears and my eyes squeezed shut, asking you ‘Can I open my […]  Don’t worry, I’m fine In the last month (give or take a few days) I’ve had two occasions to don a hospital gown. Most women wear them a few times a year for anything from mammograms to visits to sundry doctors’ offices we routinely visit. Wearing a hospital gown is rarely noteworthy but in a […]  Thanksgiving 2020 style Like most of you (I hope) this year I’ll be having a little Thanksgiving. And by little I mean dinner for two; my brother and me. In my entire life, this will be the second Thanksgiving I haven’t spent with my family. Each of my sisters will also be holding a little […]  Homesick for no one Though it’s beautiful here, as the leaves turn color and I drive by apple trees laden with fruit, I am singing the homesick blues. I haven’t felt this kind of homesickness since I was a kid at camp. The strangest part of it is that there is no one at home […]
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northie - I hope you keep healthy, Nancy. My American editor is self-isolating for Thanksgiving. 😒