dona's 365

Yves, a French Canadian friend from Pittsburgh, seemed very sophisticated to me. He owned an espresso maker in 1983 and could cook pears flambé . He once told me I dressed like a French housewife. Coming from him, that was a compliment. Although he lives nearby, we've lost touch. Pity.

The summer I taught Robert , I taught Jackie, too. Jackie was what was once called a savant. He couldn't add, subtract or comprehend text, but he memorized the telephone book and could tell you the day of the week on which you were born if you gave him your birthday.

Ok, so I never actually met Fred Rogers , he still was an important person in my life . Too old to have been a part of his neighborhood through TV, I ended up living in his real-life neighborhood as an adult. Ok, I lied. We lived in the neighborhood right next door .