Monthly Archives: November 2012

Maybe It is the Snow

Today I am inexplicably happy.  I think maybe it’s the snow, lightly flurrying, only sticking here and there, making me feel like I want to feel on Christmas.  But everything seems to please me this late November day, even things … Continue reading

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Facebook Photo Album

The happiness jumps out.  The experience was chaotic, stressful.  Eliza full of complaints, Lena full of angry sass.  “Did you see the Chrysler building?”  “She has eyes!” “I want to go back.” An artistic shot of most of a Macy’s … Continue reading

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They See My Failures Now

They see my failures now.  They are old enough to judge.  For instance, I am an absent-minded driver.  I have, on occasion, bumped up and over a curb.  Driving to Rhode Island with Eliza, we nearly got sideswiped when I … Continue reading

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