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A Tale of Two Penpals
I had planned this post for the week of Thanksgiving, as I was thinking of what I’m the most thankful for this year – and it’s PEOPLE and the interaction with them in person that I miss more than anything. But, I was thwarted by a virus – no, not THAT virus, but a computer virus my website got! Fortunately, I called in my tech support team and it was resolved in 24 hours – whew! So here is the long-awaited post about a VERY long friendship…fix a nice drink and put your feet up for this one! Once upon a time, a little girl from a farm in Kentucky…
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The Three Musketeers
This is one of those “friends” posts. I am part of a trio, a triumverate, a mis-matched but tightly-knit set. These two women and I have known each other since childhood, but welded together as college roommates. We shared an apartment during our days at the University of Kentucky, on the second floor of an old building above the Two Keys, a legendary campus dive bar. On the other side of it was a pornography shop. To say our mothers were not impressed is an understatement…but next door was McDonald’s (my favorite hangov – uh, post-party food was a Big Mac, fries and a Tab. If you’re younger than 50,…
