Over the past three years, I've sometimes sat for her twice a week and sometimes once a month, and many months can pass where I don't pose at all.
(This mimics the Fitzgeralds' sad real-life dynamic, in which he tended to get all the glory, sometimes even for her work).
There she found a world in flux, where elderly white women embraced the black mayor of Jackson in Mississippi, but where she sometimes feared for her life.
In a similar vein, she's sometimes criticized for her novels' frequent references to money, but if you read between the lines, you'll find the very realistic anxiety that could underscore the search for a husband.
It seemed to me I was forever opening the door to some stranger, or coming home to find someone waiting for her (sometimes for up to an hour) in the kitchen, where, though it was the smallest room in the house, she tended to receive guests.
Vargas sometimes raised eyebrows for her raucous performances and lifestyle; she typically performed in men's trousers and a poncho, sometimes while smoking and toting a gun.
Sometimes, she feels for her son, for the events he misses and what he cannot do.
His dishes are sometimes a match for her achievements, but there are a few also-rans.
Alyssa's grandmother, Willene Black, 59, who adopted Alyssa and her brother, sometimes skips medication for her diabetes, angina, anxiety and pain from disabling injuries.
As first lady she was sometimes controversial, known for her championing of anti-drug causes including a famous advertisement calling for teens offered drugs to "just say no".
