My mother never watched soap operas.
She was more likely to turn the television set off, than 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 the noontime news. You don’…
