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Awkward Stage

As a woman of a certain age, about to have a birthday that will catapult me to another certain age, I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older and to be honest, I’ve spent a lot of time looking at my face and neck in the mirror.

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Plum Jelly

Shortly before my grandmother died, a few years after we ate the last jar of that jelly, I asked her why she had never dated or remarried after my grandfather died when she was still in her early forties. She didn’t hesitate before she answered, “Because I only loved one man, and the son of a bitch went and died on me.”

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