Tag: Mom

What is the sound of two Edie’s talking?

Back when Big Edie was still Lainie from the Bronx.

Big Edie: Can I tell you something?
Me: Can I stop you? Seriously, is there anyway to stop you?

Big Edie: I feel sorry for the men in your life. You take the nice ones and twist their minds, and you take the crazy ones and push them right over the edge.

Big Edie, Lyle Lovett, Bruce Springsteen and the battle between Valium and Ativan

what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: Big Edie’s 91-year-old beau’s birthday dinner. With…

what’s the sound of two edies talking? Scene: The park near her house, getting some…

what’s the sound of two edies talking?   Me: Ma, I just think it’s time to…

I don’t want to think it is, but it is. it’s us. on the inside,…

Ma: You’re hair looks good, did you do something?

To this day, you point a camera in her direction and my mother’s shoulders go…

what’s the sound of two edies talking? If a boy wants you to do something,…

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My mother was born on Friday the 13th, except it was a Thursday. Don’t bother…

No matter how old you are when you lose that second parent, you’re an orphan. It’s not the same as when you’re 5 or even 15, but when you’re 50ish it’s lonely.

I talk all the time about how I don’t remember events, but I do remember…

I’m a wacky old lady magnet, as in, I attract wacky old ladies. This is…

I’m very excited over the new “anti-supermarket” plan I’ve got going, inspired by Barbara Kingsolver’s…

In the general theme of be careful what you wish for,  two weeks ago I…

I’m tired, so this will be short. Big Edie called Thursday complaining of fevers, congestion,…

Daddy was a con man. Not a thief, not a Catch Me if You Can…

How is it so easy to write about my mother, and so hard to write…

Mother’s Day. Growing up we never made a big deal about those made-up Hallmark holidays….