Speaking of lowering your standards (in the interest of having better relationships) … and of being attractive, (the persecution of astrologers) some years ago I met this gal online - Southland.

We were emailing back and forth at a pretty good clip… communication with some depth when my life went into crisis which it so frequently does.

Coping with the problems at hand I dropped the thread, then sent her a quick note to apologize some days later. This is what came back:

Don’t worry about it, E, I’m a low maintenance friend.”

Can you believe that?

This was five or six years ago when being “high maintenance” was a claim to fame. I was stunned when I read her mail. I thought her brilliant for one thing and impossibly attractive. I mean, come on. How could you not want to know someone like this?

Go, Molly, a role model of mine…