Love in the Time of Covid

Apr 30

Love in the Time of Covid

  I used to think about Covid the way Woody Allen did about death: I thought they’d make an exception in my case.Well, I don’t have any medical data on the Woodman, but I know what happened to me: No exception was made. I got Covid.Yes, folks, I was visited by the whole megillah: sore throat, runny nose, headache, and oh, you know. My brother called on Facetime...

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Aunties Of The World. . . Unite!

Jan 30

Aunties Of The World. . . Unite!

  Auntie Pasta is pissed. And you’d be too, if your nickname was Auntie Pasta and you read the piece in Friday’s Times about the “Vigil-Aunties” of Pakistan. These are the “older, bossy and often judgmental women” who go around breaking up couples who are behaving in an “immoral” manner in public places. VIGIL-AUNTIES!...

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