If your Thanksgiving feast leaves you exhausted, here’s an idea you might want to contemplate for next year. The Virginia General Assembly in 1770 passed an Act to set “days of public fasting and humiliation or thanksgiving” throughout the state. Under this act, all ministers of the Gospel were to hold divine service and preach a sermon “suited to the occasion” … read more Giving thanks in old ways
Tag: 1989
After the fall
Mr. Benson is Tom’s roommate in rehab. He’s about Tom’s age, and like Tom he is tall and handsome. His eyes seem very sad. He has beautiful long eyelashes. He doesn’t smile – maybe he can’t. Three strokes and a subsequent seizure left him without much ability to speak. When he presses the call button for a … read more After the fall
Innocent fun
With all the problems I’ve had in the basement, I was starting to wonder if I had a gremlin down there. I am not referring to the ‘70s AMC car that was as ugly as the decade it was born. I’m talking about those demonic creatures unleashed on the American public in the 1984 movie Gremlins. … read more Innocent fun
Three big spiders
This may be the first photo I ever took of spiders. At least, spiders that I really wanted to look at. I was developing a relationship with spiders. Costa Rica, 1989: Traveling alone, I was contemplating a divorce from my first husband. The trip was a way to prove to myself that I could make it alone. … read more Three big spiders
Day 73: I was a bimbo once, and young
Ah yes, bimbo days. I had ’em. Froofy big hair, shiny fabrics, tight fit, high heels, makeup. Sometimes I cannot believe the things I wore – wore because I thought they made me look sexy, which I understood to be the main purpose of clothes. Here I am on my 30th birthday, wearing a dress … read more Day 73: I was a bimbo once, and young