Photo: Marlene Wolff Solomon. My little sister, Ellie, sends me a text asking me to make a kugel for her Hanukkah party. Really? She wants me to make something that I must follow a recipe? Does she realize she’s texting Sister #2, not sister #1? “It’s really easy,” the text […]
Linda Miller
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Dear Heartthrob, “Be still my heart!” That’s what young people say when they fall in lust. At our age, no one says, “Be still my heart.” I mean, really, it could happen! Suppose you say, “be still my heart” and the powers that be take that literally! I’d be a […]
Stuart’s daughter, Meredith, arrived at 5:30 in the morning to drive us to Johns Hopkins Hospital for his hip replacement surgery scheduled for 7:30. Because they would not allow me to enter the hospital due to COVID, coupled with my poor night vision (I mean really! 5:30?), we made these arrangements so I wouldn’t […]
Kitchen Dance I’ve been waiting for the disaster:14 weeks?14 months?14 years? Now that would be nice. I read a poem about a manwho shared the kitchen with his wife as they prepared pretty meals each day.Now she is gone.His days are grayas he fixes his food without her;his summers slipped into […]
Novice driver “Linda, I have an errand for you. I want you to go down to Replacement Parts Service and pick up a part for a customer’s car,” my father instructed. “I’ve already called and ordered the part, and they’re expecting you.” This was pretty exciting. I was a novice […]
1. Adopt a workout routine. You’ll be stronger, more flexible and feel more alive. 2. Get together with friends for a book club, movie dates, museum visits or just a walk in the park. 3. Take a class or two on subjects of interest or maybe something you always wanted […]
We were all sitting quietly in our 5th grade classroom when the teacher introduced a new student who was joining our class. “This is Janie,” Mrs. Bricken said, “and I want everyone to make her feel welcome.” She raised her arms and fluttered her fingers like a waving flag, which […]
I was so excited to be pregnant. At 23, I was young and healthy and worked until five days before the birth of my baby. (I quit on his due date, but he was late, a precursor for the future.) When the pains started, they were about 10 minutes apart. […]
“Is not just Americans,” Tammy said. “In all countries people not necessarily nice or accepting of foreigners.” I had been sitting in her chair getting my standing Saturday manicure. This was her response after I was telling her about a book I’d been reading called, The Good Immigrant. The book is […]