My grandma keeps it 100

Author(s)

Diane Callahan

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-18-2020

Abstract

The nursing home's oppressive fake heat makes me feel more candle than human, trapped in a torture chamber of shrinking pink doilies and wilting flower baskets. "It's so cold, honey," my 97-year-old Grandma Ann says, pulling her fluffy robe tight as the skin melts off our faces.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

eCommons Citation

Callahan, Diane, "My grandma keeps it 100" (2020). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 969.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/969