I had outpatient surgery the other day and came home with a long list of things I was supposed to keep track of. Among them, I am supposed to wear compression sleeves on my legs at night, take six medications at various intervals, and use a walker. And my left leg does not want to [...]
I used to take small children to the museums in DC. On one occasion we visited an exhibit of Matisse. I thought of this when I was browsing through past blog entries of The Shy Museumgoer and came across her entry on Matisse from 2022. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2022/11/06/matisse-paints-joy-and-simple-pleasures/ She gives a lovely description of why he painted [...]
Today at 5:20 a.m. two little boys arrived at my bedside to tell me that the third one was crying for his mom. I've been cruising at warp speed ever since. So no real posting today though I will say that child number three was willing to be comforted. My novel is really and truly [...]
My mother put herself through college in the late 1930's. She started at the University of Wisconsin, took some classes in Chicago while working there for Barnhardt, the dictionary people, and then finished through the University of Wisconsin extension. She used to talk about going to the Art Institute, and I had no idea what [...]
I went to a memorial service Monday for a woman who lived an amazing life and died at 103 years old. All by itself, that is astonishing. The memorial was lovely, the reception that followed was also very sweet, and I saw people that I haven’t seen for years. The event was being held in [...]
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