Red Room Where the Writers Are

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 Stale coffee and grounds

Three words I hate: housewife, suburb, and "anyhoo." A friend tells me "housewife" has been completely coopted by the porn industry, so I feel better about that word.

If anyone had told me before July, 1990, that I'd be doing a little cattle herding in my 50s, I'd have told them I already had a life, thank you, which was more or less manageable and pleasant, all