Holy Guilt Trip!!!!

Don't worry Marcy. She'll be dead soon and then you won't have to bother.

Oh, and while I'm at it, that Brodsky Quartet album has some great stuff on it, don't you think. Some total and utter rubbish, but some of it I really do like. And, inevitably, it's very attached to a rather specific time of my life too, as these things often are.

thanks, i feel so much better! and yes, i agree about the album. i love the song that follows this one, jacksons, monk and rowe. or it's before, i can't tell on my itunes. and you're right, the connective power of song and time is about as strong as scent and memory.

Dear Auntie, I am not 91 and I got shit to do. Good luck.

Dude! What is up with the guilt trip? I don't really talk to any of my old Aunt's. In fact my grandma's sister, I can't stand. I only converse with her when I have to.

Anyways don't feel too bad about it, you did the right thing and apologized. It is hard because our elders don't realize how busy our lives are and we don't realize how they really don't have a lot going on in their lives, so to them phone calls or letters are a big deal. :-)

If she doesn't hear from you, she won't write again? Like she really brought you up to date in that email. All she told you was that she was going to be 91. I think she's just fishing for a birthday card! ;)

One of my aunts constantly forwards every single email joke/spam thing/virus warning out there....of course a year after I've seen it the first time. I just delete her email now, which is probably not a good idea, since she might actually send family news sometime!

You are a horrible, bad, awful niece, Marcy!!! You should be kicked out of the family!;)

dan--you are going to hell! in an old lady's handbasket, no less. ;-) how was austin?

rachel--i think i should send her a real letter, because she hasn't replied to my email yet! i don't think i can win in this one, anyway. oy vey!

nat--getting kicked out might be a blessing in disguise, you don't know my family! they're a whole load of crazy ;-)

You know what I can't get over? The fact that your 91 year old Aunt uses a freaking computer! And not only does she use a PC but she freaking corresponds via email?!!! That is crazy! But major props to her.

hey, i have officially avoided the shit-list, as she wrote back today to thank me for writing to her so promptly. whew! that was a close one. and i totally agree, she is way cool for being on email at her age. i'll have to tell her when i write back . . . :)

mjrc, sounds like you're off the hook... for now. I would be pretty peeved, though, and have to agree with the bitchy-guilt-trip/retired-folks-don't-get-it sentiments. Perhaps you should direct her to your blog - Oops, I guess it's too late for that!

Doesn't Son House's Death Letter make the cut?

wre--yeah, i don't think i'll be sharing my url with dear old auntie! ha!

lazy--i am not familiar with it. i'll look it up. thanks!

Might not be as joyful as those you suggested but its a great blues track which white stripes did a cover on, neway, liked delta spirit. a lot!