A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.

I putter. I nurse old grudges. I fold origami while nursing old grudges. I think about the past. I wonder if there’s any grudges I should start.

Even under the best of circumstances - in twenty-first century America at least - caring for elderly parents ain't no place for sissies.

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

I think when you really love something, you notice the minutiae.

A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.

I think maybe to survive, I mean to just get through the day - I'm not saying that everything is hilariously funny.