Ramblings

How is it that the tallest girl in the fifth grade now has to sit on a cushion to see over the steering wheel of her car?
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Fiorella has no pride, but she does have principles. Hand her a sign and she will wave it. Here I march! I can do no other!
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Fio enjoys meeting with friends individually or in small groups, but she cannot deal with a large group unless she's running it. Blame it on her childhood, when she was an only child for almost four years.
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Of course, police shoot at the blink of an eye. For their own safety, that's the way they've been trained. And then there are the cops who never should have been allowed to wear a badge--but who can tell until they shoot someone?  What's the answer? GUN CONTROL as in Australia, Britain, Canada.
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When Mother was Fiorella's current age, age, she busied herself with needlework, gardening, and reading the Rabbi Brown mysteries. Fiorella writes steamy novels, organizes marches, and tosses rocks around.