It never rains but it pours, right? My best friend of 27 years is going through a difficult time right now. Her mother (Mrs E) has been having health problems since February and she is now receiving hospice care...and is not expected to live much longer. I have been hanging out with my friend babysitting and helping around the house as she doesn't get much support or help from her husband. It's hard because of course I have known her mother for 27 years ...
We can trace our passions to particular individuals who introduced something new to us, either deliberately or incidentally. In my case it was a girlfriend, a relationship that petered out in less than a year. Twice in my life I had been with someone who appreciated a good used-bookstore. The relationship didn’t endure, but my love for old books did. There was a decades-long lag between my first period of used-bookstore excursions and my second. While the girl moved on, my love affair ...
As some of you may know, I have been having some family 'problems'. Well, after producing some pieces out of anger and a long rant to a very kind ear, I'm feeling better. I have also talked/yelled/cried (whatever you want to call it) with my mother and she said that she had no idea that I felt that way. She also told me she would talk with my father...but now I am rather anxious...my dad and I, well, we don't DO emotional at the same time. Its weird...I feel weird, he feels weird...its just ...
This is a great city for outdoor concerts and similar events. Every summer it's a joy to get out there amidst the heat and humidity, traffic and crowds (swarms of mosquitos at night), and get our "fair share of abuse" at an outdoor concert. Since my wife and I take a delightful interest in the inevitably absurd (possessing a Voltaire-like appreciation for it) we frequently attend such al fresco spectacles; besides, our love for music borders on the insane. Hence, we pack-up some wine, ...
Weeell, here I am again. Funny old thing this lit forum, and the internet in general. I can never get round the fact that my computer contains all the information I could ever need, and yet it seems to take a huge amount of effort to ever find what I want. It takes me hours to find anything on the internet. Even looking through the forum for discussions I feel passionate enough about, or are about topics where I feel I have something useful to say, takes me ages. I found it much easier in the good ...
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