Last Month of a Decade

7 a.m. July 25, 2026 Unintended, but: When I last posted, it was the beginning of the last month of my thirties. I've been "joking" (not haha-funny) that since my food restrictions started, I already feel forty. But, also, in the last year I've gotten used to eating low-fat, and experimented and expanded what I… Continue reading Last Month of a Decade

The aegis of the wasp

This is the most sinister photo of the hints of early Spring I have EVER taken Reading Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad got me talking, out loud, like: "As we know, clever Odysseus was favored by the goddess Athena." I've found that one benefit of marriage no one talks about is: there's always someone… Continue reading The aegis of the wasp