Women and Laughter
Barbara Confino

“Follies and nonsense,
whims and inconsistencies
do divert me I own,”
said Jane Austen,
who could only have been a woman.
Women laugh a lot.
Especially when they are young. Laugh till they cry, laugh till they fall off the chair. Life is just too ridiculous. My old friend S. could turn buying cat food into a comedic saga, complete with facial…