Musings of the Night Nurse: Mom, 1937-2026
My thanks to all of you who have joined me in reading about my mom Kathy.
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Musings of the Night Nurse [20]: The Denouement
Eventually, they all run out of rope
"ICE Plans to Give Officers Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Shocks"
So goes a headline in today's New York Times. I have thoughts.
About That $80 Blueberry Pie
Hamptonites imagine this season's accessory is out of reach. Don't believe them
The Corrosive Power of Believing Your Own Lies
People wonder how parents can kill their children. I don't wonder
Talking Elder Scams on FOX
I was happy to go on “America’s Newsroom” on Monday morning and talk elder scams with Dana Perino.
"I believe this is a warning and that we have to look at Berlin in the 1930s and open our eyes."
A Jewish New Yorker considers packing a go-bag
Nancy Rommelmann on"Caring for Mom: An Education in Scams and Fraud"
“I wish I had realized that the characteristics that had heretofore given my mother a splendid and comfortable life were the very things that would be used against her.”
Thirst Trap
When the man in the shirtless selfie looks just familiar enough
Waking Up in a Socialist(ist) City
New York City advanced three Mamdani-backed candidates yesterday. How did that happen? Where do we go from here? A morning-after download.