The saying is, “opposites attract.”  It’s true for me when I meet someone who is talented yet self-effacing.  By contrast, I’m all bangles, spangles and show-biz beads.  Lemme hear that roar!  I suppose growing up as an only child of divorced parents and living in poverty

Sometimes, in the late afternoons, a woman comes down from the second floor of the retirement center to sit in our small café. She always orders a glass of white wine.  With the chilled liquid in front of her,  she gazes into the tall trees that sway outside the picture windows.