I began wearing an anklet when I'd outgrown little girl ankle socks and graduated to cheap mesh stockings in shades of a summer tan, worn over smooth legs. I went to Woolworths and used my allowance to buy my first anklet. My sister and I both wore them, copying one of our beloved aunts who wore a fancy one that had a tiny flower with a pearl in its center, with her name engraved on it.
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Suprise Me
Chains of Love
Prompted By Accessorize, Accessorize
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I began wearing an anklet when I'd outgrown little girl ankle socks and graduated to cheap mesh stockings in shades of a summer tan, worn over smooth legs. I went to Woolworths and used my allowance to buy my first anklet. My sister and I both wore them, copying one of our beloved aunts who wore a fancy one that had a tiny flower with a pearl in its center, with her name engraved on it.
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Ms Information
Prompted By Directionally Challenged
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No matter where I am–at home or abroad–people ask me for directions. I don’t know why. Most of the time I can answer correctly, but I’m sure I’ve made some mistakes. Years ago, I brought this up at lunch with my friends and colleagues at the high school where I worked. One of the (younger)…
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No more gym
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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Eliza, Maybe
Prompted By Imagined Lives
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Two years ago, my grandniece Eliza Judy was born. I haven’t met her yet, but the postings show a smiling and adorable little girl, hugging her stuffed animals, running with toddler steps, dressed in a cute Halloween costume, laughing when parents or grandparents interact with her. She is healthy, well-off and well-loved, bright and radiating hope for the future.
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Pardon me while I have a strange interlude
Prompted By Comedy
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Comedy, for me, is reified in the Animal Crackers scene when madcap Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) steps away from staid Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont) and Mrs. Whitehead (Margaret Irving) saying: “Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.” You know, recently I’ve favored cremation over burial, but burial’s preferable if I can have Groucho’s line carved…
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A New Normal Neighborhood
Prompted By Neighbors
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Outside my bay window I can see a parade of saris, hijabs, turbans, baseball caps, blue jeans, you name it.
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A Lifetime of Hair
Prompted By Hair
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Who’s Norton?
Prompted By Technology Tribulations
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Lifecycle
Prompted By City vs Suburbs
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Family and friends, returning to the center.
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Body Snatchers
Prompted By Lost in Space
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Could someone do that, steal who you were, and why would they do that?
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