Consolation

Yes, summer is over, and we’ve entered autumn, my favorite season. When I got home last week, I traded in shorts and t-shirts for sweatshirts, especially in the morning. I hauled out a heavy bedspread and made up  [more...]

Why is it so hard for me to relax? I’m obsessing about finding a job because that’s the right thing to do — although a more breezy, happy-go-lucky person than me would point out that I have enough  [more...]

You were always a little kid to me, having watched you grow up, but that didn’t stop me from recognizing what kind of woman my cousin had become: smart-as-a-whip intelligent, quick with a laugh and a smile, a  [more...]