Introvert’s Lament

In the crossword, the clue “cup in a diner.” I miss sitting across from my niece who refuses to try matzo ball soup. I miss waiting for my coffee and wondering if they forgot it, or if I should go up to the counter to ask, because I’m really in no hurry, and I adore […]

With You All the Way

Plenty of days lately I have not wanted to do anything. Last night I got brave enough to take my new sewing machine out, and try every possible wrong way of threading the bobbin and threading the needle and threading the machine. It seems outrageous that this 2020 machine requires as much setup as the […]

Birds Inside and Outside

As I sit down to write this, I have to stop: why was I so upset the other day? There are many reasons now. I was supposed to go to my sister’s birthday (masked, masked), but I had woken up afraid, and two meditations had not touched my fear. I cuddled up in my blankets. […]

Our Business

From an American perspective, it may seem like Scrooge is wealthy. But in England, the wealthy were born into their wealth. It had been a relatively recent development that the middle class had become significant, that someone made his own money and could be proud of it and use it as he saw fit.While aristocrats […]