Yearly Archives: 2013
The Ghosts of Christmases Past
I was supposed to celebrate this Christmas with my daughter and her spouse in Oregon. That didn’t happen. I needed to have unexpected surgery on December 11th and came home from the hospital a few days later. Luckily, … Continue reading
Favorite Christmas Decorations
Do you have Christmas decorations that are special to you? Among my favorite decorations are a gift, a decoration that was my father-in-law’s and one that I made. The Christmas Mop Doll was a gift from a good friend. She … Continue reading
Holidays in Widows World
Being a widow has changed my life in many ways—some I expected, others I didn’t. My husband’s death was not sudden, it happened after several months of illness, hope, despair , hospitalizations and finally, Hospice Care. I thought I … Continue reading
Remembering President Kennedy
I remember a bright November day in 1963 when my world changed. I was a junior at Victory Academy, a Catholic high school in Buffalo, New York. The first inkling that something had happened was the hushed buzz of conversation … Continue reading
Being a Hero
How often have you heard someone described as a hero? It seems that almost every day, we hear of someone who did something that is called heroic. Often, those people insist that they are not heroes, and name someone … Continue reading
The Beatles
The Beatles were the first wave of what was to become a virtual tsunami of British rock and roll bands to capture the imagination of American teenagers in the 1960’s. Like most people of a “certain age,” I … Continue reading
Aunt Alice
When I was a kid, nothing created as much excitement as a visit from Aunt Alice. My mother, who was Aunt Alice’s much younger sister, would announce her impending visit sometime in the afternoon. And the countdown … Continue reading
Empty or Full?
That is the question…whether to unload the dishwasher…or to use the clean dishes as needed from the machine. What is it about unloading a dishwasher that strikes terror into the hearts of even the most fastidious of housekeepers? Is it … Continue reading
Hopes and Dreams
It’s been almost a year since my novel, Loving Christy was published. I worked night and day to make it a wonderfully readable novel—one that I hoped would fly off the shelves, and would be downloaded onto hundreds of … Continue reading
I’m Back!
As regular readers of this blog know, it’s been several weeks since I’ve posted anything new. I haven’t given up on the blog—it’s just that typing with the “hunt and peck method” using one hand is tiring. Why am I … Continue reading