Archive for October 2024
Slippers and Stuff
I love my purple slippers. They are the best slippers I’ve ever owned, even now that they are three years old. They are purple suede slip-ons lined with fleece. They have soles thick enough that I can carry out the trash across the gravel driveway without bruising or soaking my tender feet in snow melt.…
Read MorePick One Moment
Someone asked me to “pick that one moment in your life you’d like to live over and over again.” Either that was a really dumb challenge, or maybe I’ve just moved so far beyond that mindset that I can’t seriously consider it. It would make more sense to ask if I remembered where I was…
Read MoreImportant People
Who are the “important people” and what makes them so? I had an in-law with whom I could never bond. Any time we would begin a conversation, I could never hold his gaze. His eyes were searching the room to see who else came in, and the minute someone more important arrived he would turn…
Read MoreDoing Nothing
When I am asked, “Are you busy? What are you doing?” I usually respond, “Nothing. I’m not doing anything.” But having spent a week and a half on imposed “vacation,” I’ve discovered that I really don’t know, or have forgotten, how to “do nothing.” All of my claims of nothingness are lies. While I was…
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