Monday, June 21, 2010

Is This What Has Happened To Too Many Quaker Matrons?

Is This What Has Happened To Too Many Quaker Matrons?


Thanksgiving for Difficult People

I praised her strength but . . .
She was a difficult presence in our lives.
My Grandmother had the German penchant for telling people off . . .
she died alone at 81, having scolded away all her friends.
from
ON WRITING WELL
William Zinsser's description of his grandmother
pg. 284

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