Today, the plan is for Mom and me (yes, that’s grammatically correct) to go to church together, then to lunch and then to the opera. We missed the first two productions of the season due to Mom’s repeated health problems. Fingers crossed that she stays…

Two husbands, actually. Not both mine, of course. Charlie had lunch with his youngest brother Thursday. Morris has gotten into cooking since his retirement, and is, according to those who’ve eaten his meals, very good at it. Thursday, he gave Charlie a butter bean soup…

You can find blogs out here in the blogosphere about being a writer and about personal struggles and journeys, and I’ve found one I love. It’s Mary Campbell’s wonderfully named Writer’s Butt Does Not Apply To Me. Her “About” statement is this: “I’m a wife…