Happy Lion's Day!

When I was in high school, back in freshman year, I think, my friend Janet created a holiday to be celebrated every March 1… Lion’s Day. We were to celebrate the lion, in its valiant but eventually futile competition with the lamb. You know, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a Continue reading Happy Lion's Day!

My own cliché

Somebody once told me that the last people who were fair game for being badmouthed were those of us who are not morning people. I work best at night, and now that my son is old enough to drive himself to school (hey, he says he goes there), I don’t have to be up at Continue reading My own cliché

Beauty

My mother was a beautiful woman. Everyone says so — both now and at the time. Hell, I said so, both now and at the time. We could all agree on that. And that was comforting, in a time of open warfare between us. But I have looked at many photo albums that are in Continue reading Beauty