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"Fran keeps telling me to 'talk to my children about money.'"
(See also: "Money and Misunderstanding" [2012])

"As far back as I can remember, I have been conscious of cost."
(Fragment)

"Fran has accused me of being impatient."
See also earlier draft/notes: "Impatience" (2010/2011)

"Some time ago, I wrote a couple of pieces called 'Things of which I am ashamed.'"

"Dear Fran, I wrote this last year as a way of 'getting it out of my system'."

"A friend of mine called the other day inquiring whether, when you split a meal at a restaurant, you should tip on the cost of that meal or on twice the cost, since it required extra work."

"Those of us who are 'children of the depression', when we heard the expression 'eating out', assumed it meant taking a sandwich somewhere."

"I recently wrote about eating out, describing the 'eateries' I patronized with my mother, and with my first dates, and in high school and college: candy stores, delicatessens, luncheonettes, cafeterias and restaurants."

"We get the NY Times every day."