Exploring a Supermarket with a Four-Year-Old
A Covid Baby Walks into a Supermarket. . . My youngest grandchild is a Covid baby. That’s what one of the parents sitting near me during a recent musical performance called her son. Singing and clapping a la Kodàli, the children standing on risers in front of...
In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb
Lions and Lambs As a former Kindergarten teacher I’m familiar with many rhymes and aphorisms about the weather. March this year did not follow the ancient verse that the month would come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. In fact it came in like a lamb and...
Life Gave Me Lemons
Life Gave Me Lemons Once upon a time a friend convinced me to plant a Meyer Lemon bush in my garden. I was more of a mind to fill my indoor space with houseplants, but she was insistent: “Think permanent,” she urged. Think “feed your family.” Think...
Opening the First Page of a New Year of Stories
A New Year of Stories I suspect that, like me, you’ve been bombarded with entreaties to start the new year with new habits, new goals, perhaps even a new wardrobe. It can be overwhelming. I keep a pile of books beside my bed. They are books that I want to read,...
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