by Carol Jane Morrison | May 15, 2019 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File May 2019 Essay: “The Queen Is Out.” THE QUEEN IS OUT. Every year for about ten years, when I’ve told people I’d be claiming the title of “Queen” on my birthday, wherein Ed does my bidding for an entire weekend, some smart aleck says,...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Apr 17, 2019 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File April 2019 Essay: “Our Silly Anniversary” OUR SILLY ANNIVERSARY Like most married couples, Ed and I have our “stock” stories, ones we pull out and tell at parties. One of our favorites is about finding out, after five years of what we thought was...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Mar 18, 2019 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File March 2019 Essay: “One More Step” ONE MORE STEP I’m in my seventies. Been around the block a few times. I had a private practice as a therapist for what seems like forever, and I’ve been to therapy myself, tons of times, and I’m...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Feb 19, 2019 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File February 2019 Essay: “Snowfree” SNOWFREE “Snowpocalypse”, or “Snowmaggedon”, which blasted us with over two feet of the white stuff and some serious wind, is about over. I was mostly snowbound for a week. Except I didn’t feel bound at all....
by Carol Jane Morrison | Jan 15, 2019 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File January 2019 Essay: “The Present” THE PRESENT A few mornings ago, I was eating my avocado toast, with two of Ed’s perfectly fried eggs on top, thoughts darting through my mind like gnats—the pozole I’ll make this afternoon, the onions...
by Carol Jane Morrison | Dec 24, 2018 | Essays, The Biblio File
The Biblio File December 2018 Essay: “Keep Hope” KEEP HOPE I hear the word “Hope” more than usual these days. It sounds ethereal, wispy, like Emily Dickinson’s “thing with feathers”, yet we are directed to keep it, to spread it to others, to make sure it...
