Nicknames show up in funny ways. Some may spring from characters in music, books, or movies, but others, perhaps, from the times in which we live. I’m pretty sure that’s the case for the moniker that recently came to mind for my granddaughter. You can count on one thing with certainty when it comes to […]
Polishing Off the Perfect Peach
There could be enthralling cartoons rolling merrily on the screen, there might even be fierce artistic fervor unfolding, there may be arguing, even shoving, with battle lines being negotiated . Just about any attention-grabber the universe can wave before my two grandkids could roar along in any given moment, but I can trump it, hands-down, […]
All Families are Funny, Sometimes: G-ma’s Readers Write
G-ma was delighted when a couple of recent installments of the Chronicles inspired readers to recall some of their own favorite family lore. Even better, they wrote and shared their memories and bestowed permission to pass them on. Over the years, G-ma has become a fervent believer that there’s a funny thread somewhere in every […]
Summer’s Lament
I knew it would be like this when you returned. It’s always been this way. The signs are there, omnipresent as the dawn, in the mirror, out the window, in the sky if I dare look up. You arrive early, and arrogantly linger later each day, beholden to no one, keeper of the clock, doling […]
The Invincible MM
A few years back, a well-intentioned therapist probing my history for signposts tried to steer me down the Mother Track. It must be routine and fruitful territory in her line of work. It was high on her list of questions, and she seemed mildly surprised by my responses. “Did you resent your mother when you […]
Growing old, together
An alluring spring dawn had announced itself through the slats in the window blinds long before we raised our heads from the pillows simultaneously and locked eyes. No words were exchanged, but the message was clear. Keats would have observed us as two souls with but a single thought: It was too early to get […]