MIDWEEK MUDDLE
My mother never watched soap operas.
She was more likely to turn the television set off, than to turn it on.
She hummed while she ironed in the afternoon heat, or read a little bit when she finished, but she didn’t rely on a television set for daytime drama.
When I began noticing “Days of Our Lives” and “Another World,” she resisted.
“There is nothing good on that television set after …
