Author Archive: Nancy
It’s Here!!!!
My new book! LUCINDA’S SOLUTION is a love story that encompasses the changing mores and the role of women from 1918 to 1920. The novel was inspired by my own family – especially how my paternal grandfather’s family coped with the devastation brought on by the influenza pandemic. LUCINDA’S SOLUTION is fiction, but hearing …
The Seniors’ Door
Back when I was in high school – which was either just yesterday or fifty years ago, I forget which – there was a tradition associated with a door. The Seniors’ Door. The high school was a low, 2-story sprawling structure. I don’t think it was all built at the same time. It looked to …
I Have A Few Questions
On this day of the long-scheduled release of thousand of documents related to JFK’s assassination, I am reposting my blog from last year. UNANSWERED I have mentioned before my mild obsession (Can an obsession be mild? Is that an oxymoron?) with unsolved mysteries. (Eureka, Sort Of) I’ve always wanted to solve some great mystery …
Helping Out
Have you ever gotten one of those emails from Amazon, asking you to help answer a question? One that says something like: “A customer has asked a question about a product that you have purchased in the past. Can you help this person with an answer?” I’ve been asked about the fragrance of a face …
How My Father Retired
In the middle of October, my thoughts naturally return to my father. His birthday is in a few days. He would be 95. He died at 88, and so he had a good, long, and happy life. I don’t think he had too many regrets. He worked hard. He was honest. He was unceasingly cheerful. …
More Advice – And Why You Can Ignore It
I give lots and lots of advice. Just as if I know what the hell I’m talking about. I don’t have any qualifications for all this advice – except that I’m intelligent, good-hearted – and old. Old people are allowed to give advice, because they have so much experience. Of course, in my case, I’m …
Autumn Shopping Spree
Autumn is here. I love Summer. I hate to see it go. But there is something so appealing about Autumn. The colors, the clear sky, the rustle of the leaves. The kids headed back to school. The shopping. Oh, yes, definitely the shopping. The fall clothes are so beautiful. I window-shop online – you can …
The Pushover.
This is a story of Three Little Kittens. They were found behind a diner on a very busy road in Connecticut. It was a Greek diner, so the rescuer gave them Greek names: Athena. Niko. And Thor. (The rescuer may not have been an expert on Greek names….) These tiny kittens were so …
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