Tuesday, August 19, 2003TROUBLE IN PARADISEMy daughter hung up on me today. It's the first time she's done that in years, I can't even remember how long ago it was when we had THAT sort of a relationship. Ever since she had met Roger and had the baby and got married and moved into her first, real, home of her own, mother (that's me) has been... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:49 PM Comments (1) (link) Sunday, August 17, 2003OLD FRIENDSRobin and I had not spent any time together in almost a month. In the 23 years of my relationship with this man, long hiatus' have been more the norm than the exception. First there was his Fullbright that took him to India to study indigenous sculpture techniques. Then my four and a half year... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:21 AM Comments (1) (link) Friday, August 15, 2003WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?That's what everyone was asking me on November 9th, 1965. I was in my Boston University dorm room studying for mid-term exams (no computers then we had just traded in our candles for electric lights) when the whole dorm went dark. We figured it was a building maintenence problem. Then I went to my... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:44 PM Comments (0) (link) MR CHENEY AND MR BUSHWhere are you while 8 million New Yorkers panic and fear they are under attack? As they struggle to help each other out of steaming, pitch black tunnels, and in confusion try to find their way home by any means, it's wonderful to see all this mutual support under incredible duress. And we'd better... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:07 AM Comments (4) (link) Thursday, August 14, 2003LOVING MORE THAN ONE AND THEN SOMEWhen my husband, Pete was the track coach and sports information director at MIT (this was in the 1970's), his boss, the head of the Athletic Department, led two lives. We were the only couple on his staff priviledged to socialize with his two separate families. The first wife was the one who got to... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 1:22 PM Comments (1) (link) |
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