My mom likes clippings. She likes to gather little newspaper articles and magazine factoids and all sorts of little literary goodness, divide them into piles, and then send them out to her daughters. I get a lot of cartoons. They’re on my level. One article, however, was on last meals. The author was from the south, and he described with alarming alacrity what he would … Continue reading death food

I’m not really an animal person. I don’t have pets. I don’t drop to the floor and squeal “Pupppyyyy!” when I see a dog. I really don’t like the way cats make you feel like you should watch your back. When I was little, my sister backed over our puppy with our land yacht of a car. When I was slightly older, my already-frazzled dog … Continue reading with apologies in advance

Humility is a difficult thing. It is not, I don’t think, in most people’s human nature to think that they are not, in some area, the experts. Women think they can outdo men. Men think they can outdo women and other men too. They have something to say that the world has not already said, or a thought to think that hasn’t already been thought, … Continue reading not unique