The Bingo War That Made Us Friends
There is a particular sound a bingo dauber makes when you slam it down on a card just a little harder than you need to,… Read more
Grandpa Fell for His Smart Speaker
We bought it as a joke. That is the part I have to start with, because it is the part I am most ashamed of… Read more
The Neighbor Across the Street
I am seventy-one years old, and until this past spring I believed I had reached the age where nothing new could happen to me. I… Read more
The Group Chat That Brought Us Back
I am sixty-seven years old, and until last spring the most complicated piece of technology I owned was a slow cooker with a timer I… Read more
The Rifle He Wanted To Keep Firing
“It’s a forty year old service rifle, Nettie, not a keepsake. We can’t run funerals on sentiment, and we certainly can’t keep insuring a relic… Read more
The Seat Next To His Secretary
My husband Lorne told me the Nashville trip was standard, sales team only, back by Thursday, and then I boarded that flight myself and found… Read more