Cheers
January 31, 2012
On one of our evening phone calls, I told Alice I was going to bring her a surprise. When I got to her apartment the next day in the company of my old friend, Gordon, she had written out a list of guesses as to what her surprise might be: Read the rest of this entry »
Update: Celia and Mr. Fickle
January 29, 2012
Since the report on big changes in the well-being of both Celia and Mr. Fickle in the Winter Stars post, several readers have written me to ask for an update. Read the rest of this entry »
Marla
January 22, 2012
Alice and I have been missing my sister Marla today. She would have been sixty. We would have had a cake.
Here she is at six:
Marla
Winter Stars
January 16, 2012
Two weeks ago, Celia saw Mr. Fickle emerge from his apartment and dance down the hall to the drinking fountain. A few days later, Alice spotted him dancing along the sidewalk outside her window. Read the rest of this entry »
Baby Needs a Shirt
January 10, 2012
Alice has a collection of unusual expressions. Most of them came from her mother and her grandmother, and so they’ve traveled down from the nineteenth century.
Elderly Animals
January 7, 2012
Filmmakers Mark and Angela Walley made a very short film about Isa Leshko, a photographer whose most recent work has focused on elderly animals.
A Cup of Kindness
January 3, 2012
On New Year’s Eve, Alice had no idea she’d be decked out in a party hat and feather boas.
