She can remember back a long time. She can remember being three and four. Her sister was about to be born. She was waving up to her mom on the fourth floor of a hospital somewhere downtown. There was a lot of traffic and she was standing next to her dad looking up at her… Continue reading Nursery School
Category: Early Years
Look for the Salt Shaker
“If we want to find you, we’ll just Look for the Salt Shaker,” her mother joked. She was told to go outside and play. Really she liked nothing better than to wander the one hundred acres her great grandmother called “Home.” She grabbed the salt shaker from the side table in the kitchen and set… Continue reading Look for the Salt Shaker
New Girl
Kristie loved her red cowboy boots. She wore them all summer with her light blue shorts and a red halter top with white eyelet trim. She also wore an “I like Ike” button. She was only eight and in the third grade, but she knew about the election and her whole family was supporting Ike… Continue reading New Girl
Booger
When I was a young girl, I shared the stage with many Hollywood celebs. Notably: Ruta Lee, Russell Arms, John Raitt, Billy Barty, Marni Nixon, Dyan Cannon… I was very impressed with how the female stars held themselves “ON” at all times. They even came to rehearsal dressed to the nines with full make-up, false… Continue reading Booger
The Zen of Laundry
I don’t know what it is, but I love doing laundry. I guess there’s something meditative in the way we learn to sort the clothes by color and texture, check the pockets, add the proper amount of detergent, set the temperature of the water, shake out the wrinkles and lint from the wet clothes, sort the… Continue reading The Zen of Laundry