The Wormlips Scrapbook

I have little faith in my ability to resume writing on this blog. Timorous, tentative steps. The ice is thinner than it looks. My accomplishment today was to spend time with my student, MM, and two of her children. We filled out applications for a library card (which I’d had the unusual foresight to print [...]

My latest medication is just the prettiest shade: the same as my car, my slippers from Nepal, my shirt from Costco and my eyes from my English grandfather. Jill thought I should take a picture. Now that you see me, you can  see the impossibility of my writing for a while longer. Several weeks ago [...]

Friends, I’m sorry I’ve been gone so long. I’ve missed you. I don’t know how much longer until I’m able to return here. In the meantime, here are two things that almost got a laugh out of me in the last few days. My friend M, in a tone of great seriousness, asked me at [...]