Louise would have been amused. As it was, two years ago as she began to get ill, and as her illness then took over, and swept us all into a dark panic that we would lose her, we were helpless. Eager for any scrap of information, any chance of contact, any opportunity to contribute, we […]

Week two at the City Lit, in the beginners’ guitar class, and the usual complaints about stretching for a C chord. It’s a leap, it’s true, and the first (of many) point at which the debutant wonders if they’re cut out for the guitar after all. My usual joke amid the grumbles is to say […]