Visual Correction

In the balcony of the Chicago Convention Center: pencil poised,22-year-old eyes focused on an empty screen, I wait for enlightenment.Puzzled, I notice others scribbling notes, and squint at the speaker.Is he, could he, be writing words that I can’t see? The next day, I made an appointment with an optometrist. How much had I missed… Read More

Senior Coffee Moment

It happened on a Monday in a Georgia McDonald’s.I was given a “senior coffee” without requesting it.Husband was happy to “save us some change,But I spent time in the facilities gazing in the mirror. A young whippersnapper had the audacityto notice and assign my newest advancementinto the senior citizen categorywithout a question or my suggestion.… Read More