A few years ago, we were invited to my cousin’s eldest daughter’s wedding. Although my cousin and I are close, I barely know the daughter. We were invited only because my cousin wanted me there. The ...
Yes, it’s an opening sentence straight out of freshman composition and I’m not proud of it, but looking back on 20 years of Miss Conduct advice columns, this is the thought that persists, cliché or ...
Dear everyone who read my last column about the classic book “Middlemarch” –– for those of you who didn’t read it (my column, not “Middlemarch”), thank God. Don’t. It’s one of those “I was just naked ...