In the days before the Internet, before e-mails, before cell phones, before fax machines—at least before the cheap accessibility to fax machines—when you wanted to send something quick and urgent you sent a telegram. Just remembering this makes me feel old. But I do remember because it was a telegram I sent to Norman Mailer […]
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Losing Mom (Modern Maturity)
My daughters and I were visiting my 80-year-old mother in Florida during spring vacation, so we decided to visit Epcot. The first thing you see inside is a silver dome called Spaceship Earth. Next are the hordes of people waiting to get into it. We skipped Spaceship Earth. Unfortunately, every exhibit had long lines. My […]
