OLD FRIENDS

 

Two of my closest friends for over fifty years came to visit. Karen Allen who lives nearby so visits regularly and Terence Winch who lives in DC where we all first met and hasn't been here in over three years but I talk to on the phone at least weekly. My lap is covered by a hand towel and a paper towel to deal with my unpredictable and uncontrollable drooling, and I'm not giving the finger, that finger is just usually inadvertently stiff (from arthritis and Parkinson's related dystonia), both of which (the drooling and stiff middle finger) seem appropriately poetic justice for me .