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"I have my mother&amp;#039;s copy of her high school textbook,  Classical Myths That Live Today . Her name is written inside the front cover in pencil and inside the back cover, she&amp;#039;s drawn a little map. I love this book. It turned me into a fan of the Oracle of Delphi. I can totally relate to her. Now some of you might be saying. The Oracle of Delphi? Pythia, the Greek prophetess? The priestess? The answerer of questions great and small? The prognosticator and advisor to Alexander the Great and those guys? Yes, that Oracle of Delphi. I have a portrait of her in a blood red dress. In Greek mythology, she sat on a tripod over the opening of the earth, which happened to emit vapors of confusion. Her advice came out in riddles. You really had to work to understand what she said.  This is how I feel when my mother and I discuss what&amp;#039;s on TV. We know what we like ( Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy, The Good Wife ), however when I try to give her the gift of my Oracle-like suggestions, I get nothing, and I mean nothing back. Bill Maher&amp;#039;s on tonight, Mom. I just don&amp;#039;t like Bill Maher, she says. I think  Castle  is really fun. I already watch one murder show, she says. I watched this documentary about Charis Wilson, this fascinating woman who lived and loved and traveled with the photographer Edward Weston. Ehh? she says. It&amp;#039;s On Demand! You can watch it any time! I hate On Demand, she says. Why is this? Why can&amp;#039;t my own mother understand these pearls I give her? I sit on my tripod with my vapors and wonder. What are my suggestions missing? How can I make her understand? Pondering a moment, Oracle Delphi G. Fulford figured it out. Mom would much rather read.  D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com.  Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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