A woman who shall be nameless for reasons that will soon become clear, but who isn’t me or related to me, was having difficulty with a male/female relationship. She and the other women in the room were enumerating various difficult relationships they’d had over the…

So I scored some pretty little green beans at the farmers market, and this happened. I cut up some potatoes in little pieces — what Charlie and his mother called “chipping” — and fried them for maybe five minutes in vegan margarine, then covered them…

People who don’t socialize online often tell me, “Online friends are nice, but they aren’t REAL friends.” I beg to differ. I’ve met so many people online who are as dear and close to me as many a face-to-face friend. You know who you are.…