Sharing My World on 1-20-2020 QUESTIONS: Where do you get your news? I have a subscription to the Washington Post. I also read newsletters from the L.A. Times, Newsweek, Huff. And I read The New Yorker and Garry sends me… Read More ›
Day: 2020-01-20
LOVING AND HATING THE PHONE WHILE WISHING IT WORKED BETTER – Marilyn Armstrong
Since everyone’s into talking about hating phones, I figured I’d throw my oar in the water too. I loved the phone right through my teenage years. I and my girlfriends would chat the night away, even though we lived two… Read More ›
LONG DISTANCE PARENTING – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I’ve had a long-distance friendship with Christine, who lives in London, for close to 50 years. I learned how to stay in close touch before texting and emails and Skype existed and when long-distance phone calls cost a fortune. I… Read More ›
FIRE AND ICE By ROBERT FROST
I have always loved this poem. It is one of the few I have committed to memory. Today, I think it has acquired new and fearsome levels of meaning, many more than it had when I first read it, many… Read More ›