I cook, therefore, I grocery shop. I prefer early morning forays so I can avoid the masses but there are always a few shoppers who join me at that hour. My favorite co-shopper is a gentleman who owns a coffee kiosk in the neighborhood. He loads up on cream, crushed ice and milk and he flies through the store at a determined pace. Despite his focused speed, he always smiles and greets me with a kind, "Good Morning!" As women my age know, our species is usually invisible to mos

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Many adjectives might be used to describe me. Loud, bossy, old-fashioned, nosy and klutzy are a few that come to mind. One descriptor...