Category Archives: How old am I?
Lists, old and new
I have been quiet, shedding layers of time and memory and feeling rather retrospective. Memory is on my mind. Perhaps it is because we are touching the cusp of a big 20 year anniversary: 20 years ago this week Handsome … Continue reading
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A soup made of old and new: African and Arabian skies.
Trooper is drowning already. Homework is piling around her, her bed is covered with papers, her desk has no surface, her face has that “what the hell” look about it. Princess cooks, between bouts of less homework, she has perfected … Continue reading
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Confession time. I am not one of those.
EXERCISE. I don’t like it. My favorite form of exercise is lying on a hammock, reading a book. Leaving the hammock with an enthusiastic stretch and going to mix a Mohito is a great activity. I love walking,especially in a … Continue reading
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It’s my birthday!
A year ago I was all in a flutter about the big birthday. Now a year later this birthday is barely a blip on the radar. I am known amongst my good friends as the Fairy God Mother of Birthdays, … Continue reading
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A little indulgent nostalgia.
I am sitting here listening to James Taylor. Carolina is on his mind. I have a genius playlist made of memories. Nostalgic is my state of mind. I have packed and moved so many times in my life. Often … Continue reading
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The final word.
Ok, I swear this is the last mention of the birthday. I had a great time, a lot was drank, people laughed, and I had the greatest compliment of all. This is how it went down in English class. “Happy … Continue reading
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The Birthday Post
“How much is this birthday going to cost me?” The accountant husband I live with asked, with unveiled exasperation. I had already had one fabulous surprise party, albeit 2 weeks before the birthday, and thereby really starting a 10 day … Continue reading
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In search of the DODO brain.
Where is my brain? Will somebody please tell me. I recently got home from a party, where at the moment of my departure an acquaintance asked for a lift home. “Of course,” I said. “We are leaving right now.” … Continue reading
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She.
She didn’t want a party she didn’t want a big fuss she just wanted to be younger. Aging was a very difficult thing for her. Not just the vanity aspect, although of course that was part of it. Really it … Continue reading
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Doubles or Nothing
Not to get too personal or anything but I have had a stomach ache since I was 11. The first doctor laughed, the second and third doctors thought it was stress or my imagination, a few other doctors told me … Continue reading
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