A Charmed Life Amid Order and Disorder

<p>The author 83 and a widower drives from a northern suburb of Philadelphia Pa. to take his oldest daughter Jane to a lunch for Mother's Day 2010. Her two grown children live in other states. Jane 61 is a recent grandmother. The author is a recent great-grandfather. </p><p>A former teacher of high school English the author retired in 1991 and for about 10 years traveled extensively throughout Europe but now tutors 8 adults 6 Korean women and 2 African-Americans for the Abington Library adult literacy program.</p><p>Each of his 8 students gets an individual one-hour session one day a week. The tutors are not compensated for their gas or their time spent helping students.</p><p>During the Mother's Day lunch father and daughter talk about the upcoming primary election for U.S. Senator and the movies of Clint Eastwood. The next week the author gets a call from his twin sister who lives in Portland Oregon postponing a planned visit to the east because of a fall.</p><p>During a tutoring session at the Library the author finds an unclaimed paperback edition of <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i>. He decides to keep it to read. When not tutoring the author enjoys listening to music watching movies.</p><p>His 3 daughters Jane Kate and Tess are divorced live in the Philadelphia area. Each has 2 grown children. The author's son his youngest lives in Austin Texas with a wife and 3 daughters 12 10 and 7.</p> <p>The author's 4 children are interested in all Philadelphia sports teams and call him occasionally about wins and losses. These calls are a source of much pleasure.</p>