Edging up to 80

Edging up to 80

by | Sep 3, 2025 | blog post

I’m later in my 70th decade than most people suspect, an émigré from the age of the typewriter and the corded telephone, even a party line with a timed-cut off to cut off gossipy peeps. I’ve always been a gregrious gal – even as an awkward teen – so...
Why I write

Why I write

by | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

500 words personal essay, Orange County Roadshow/Podcast, 1888 Center, April 9, 2018   Because I’m compelled by blood. I honor my heredity: my parents and their highly literate minds.   Because my first fully-formed memory shows my mother and me as ensemble. She took...