morning routine
In Ducks, Newburyport, one of the raftload of things the protagonist worries about is her 15-year-old daughter’s devotion to other teenagers’ “morning routines” captured for youtube. I haven’t watched...
View Articlefirst things
I said the first things I would do were to donate platelets and visit my father. I have done those things. The gym, being soulless, has been open almost all along, and I began swimming mid-March,...
View Articlewhile visiting my father
When I visited my father, SMW welcomed me to stay at the house, but if I lodged somewhere on my own, I wouldn’t have to be a guest, I could see some water, and I could be alone. I chose a place on...
View Articlethe parent trap
I hereby announce that I am done with genealogy. My father’s companion gave me all his photographs and papers when I visited in May 2021. At the end of this winter I began to go through the pile. I...
View Articleand another thing!
Among the online time-wasting things I once did and managed to stop was quizzes at Goodreads.com. But it wasn’t just answering questions about books to try to keep a high rank among respondents, oh no....
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