by Sandy Lingo | Jul 9, 2019 |
Graduation speeches range from the ridiculous to the sublime.There’s this advice from actress Katie Holmes: “Don’t use a fake ID to buy wine and then try to pay with a check.”And this from Cindi Lauper: “Life is going to give you a bad turn…It’s just a test. And...
by Sandy Lingo | Jun 2, 2019 |
Today was a good day to hang out in the Cincinnati Enquirer’s obits. Turns out, nearly all the local dears departed decades later in life than my age now. Also in today’s newspaper was a piece about the Japanese lady who, at 116, is believed to be the oldest woman in...
by Sandy Lingo | Apr 12, 2019 |
“Love is a lot like a backache: it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.” ~ George Burns I had a clear view of their arms and hands, his hand on top, holding hers, on the console between their airplane seats in First Class. He...
by Sandy Lingo | Mar 9, 2019 |
Today I saw Mrs. Feldmeyer* at a family friend’s birthday. She was one of a handful of people at the party who have known me since my birth, so she will always be Mrs. Feldmeyer to me, and not “Donna” as she has asked me to call her time and again. And, to her, I...
by Sandy Lingo | Feb 19, 2019 |
I don’t know if I was already thinking about Mootsie when I saw the purple woman, or if the purple woman reminded me of Mootsie. Mootsie was my maternal grandma who, according to my mother, fancied herself to be too young to be called “Grandma.”Mootsie wasn’t like any...
