Moments of Pain, Pride, Terror, Bliss
Age 4 & 5. Crossing the lobby, I feel myself admired and know it is because I am small and cute and Mother dresses me like Shirley...
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Carol Miller
- Oct 27, 2023
- 5 min
96: The Best Year of My Life
Contrary, it seems, to most expectations, at 96 years old, I am content. I’m happy to still be alive, breathing, and feeling good. And...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jun 22, 2023
- 12 min
As to Life, Loves, Luck, and Lola
When I look back over my long, long life, I feel incredibly lucky. It is my very good luck, for example, to live to be old, truly old,...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jan 28, 2023
- 1 min
TIME
Now that I am old, truly old, 96 years old, I have the gift of time, unending time. I go to bed when I please, get up when I please, eat...
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Carol Miller
- Sep 10, 2022
- 3 min
Starbright STELLA
I have lived in the same condo for several decades. The other tenants are mostly young people in their twenties and thirties. But some...
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Carol Miller
- May 7, 2022
- 8 min
The Remedy of Touch
I had just gotten up and was still somewhat drowsy as I sat down. But when I flushed the toilet, it exploded under me. Water and feces...
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Gypsy Carol
- Feb 21, 2022
- 24 min
Once Were Gypsies
Once, America had Gypsies. The women were known by the length and breadth of their giant flowered skirts, head scarves, and the palm...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jan 4, 2022
- 8 min
The LATOURELLES and the LEGEND
My grandfather William seldom wore anything other than his work-day overalls. But he was the greatest gentleman that I have ever known....
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Gypsy Carol
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
NEWS
Last week when a storm hit the West Coast, some of the electrical power went off and my television was affected. I called Comcast and...
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Gypsy Carol
- Aug 15, 2021
- 5 min
Dreaming Fatima
Every time I put on my summer robe, which is white cotton with a zipper up the front, I think of the charming Fatima. She was a Machvanka...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jul 13, 2021
- 1 min
Faces
Yesterday, I went with David for coffee at our usual place, Diva’s. After a year and a half, the Covid 19 face mask rule has been lifted...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jul 13, 2021
- 8 min
Papa Jack
My father was an amazing man in so many ways. As a young man, in keeping with the times, the early 1900s, he lived in the ambiance of...
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Gypsy Carol
- Jun 25, 2021
- 11 min
The Art of Telling Fortunes
Fieldwork is an essential part of becoming an anthropologist and I began my fieldwork in 1966 at the University of Washington. With two...
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Gypsy Carol
- Apr 11, 2021
- 6 min
Sleep and Dreams
At night, I open my bedroom window, turn on my air purifier, and climb onto the wonderful latex mattress that fits me like a glove. I...
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Gypsy Carol
- Mar 7, 2021
- 19 min
Sisters
The surgeon called me twice, and the anesthesiologist called me once. They wanted to know more about Nancy, what she was like, and did...
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Carol Miller
- Mar 7, 2021
- 4 min
Isolation, Age, and Assistance
During the time of the Covid pandemic, isolation is required. The old, like me, are especially vulnerable and advised to remain at home....
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