• Ghost Bike

    Ghost Bike

    For years I have passed this ghost bike adorned with flowers and vines. Why is it abandoned now?

  • Instant Friend

    Instant Friend

      We were standing in the same aisle in the gift shop at the Natural Science Museum in Raleigh. She was about my age with two preteen girls pulling at her arms begging her to buy trinkets that were overflowing in their hands. She looked at me and rolled her eyes. “They grow up too…

  • After Fifty Years

    After Fifty Years

    Ernie, my husband, and I are sitting in the living room listening to the heavy rain outside accompanied with bursts of thunder. We are dressed for a dinner out to celebrate my middle grandson’s 21st birthday. My daughter and son-in-law are coming to pick us up. My son-in- law has a Jeep and my daughter…

  • Holding on to the Clothes I Love

    Holding on to the Clothes I Love

    I’m wearing my favorite old T-shirt today. Although it’s dark navy, it’s comfortable in our current humid and hot North Carolina summer. A picture of Louis Sullivan, a Chicago architect, sits across my chest and under his picture is a script: Form Follows Function. I love the material. It’s gauzy but not too light. It’s…

  • Thelma, the Movie

    Thelma, the Movie

    If I watch a movie and am surprised that it’s over so quickly, it’s a great movie. That’s what happened when I saw Thelma in a theater a week ago. When I found out the lead character was played by a 93-year-old actor, June Squibb, and the reviews were good—the web site Rotten Tomatoes gave…

  • The Prediction

    The Prediction

    Predicting the inevitable.