Occasionally on this blog, I have posted some of my favorite recipes. Readers will intuit pretty quickly that these are easy recipes. And my modifications to the original recipes make them easier yet. I do not like to cook. I have never liked to cook. Not since my brother wrecked […]
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I Wore a Skirt to Santa’s Village, But I Wouldn’t Wear One Now
When my brother and I visited our grandparents in Pacific Grove, California, they always took us on a day trip to Santa’s Village outside Santa Cruz. Santa’s Village was a miniature Disneyland with a Christmas theme. Even though it was the middle of summer, we could sit on Santa’s lap […]
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On Pools and Lakes in the Summertime
This summer, our outdoor activities might be limited because of the pandemic. When I was a teenager, as soon as the school year was over, we spent a lot of time by the water. I’ve written about Coeur d’Alene Lake many times on this blog. But there were also swimming […]
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Random Photos: A Summer Trip with the Grandparents in Simpler Times
This set of random photos came from an envelope my father labeled “Cannon Beach.” Most of the pictures in the envelope were of a trip my parents took with my kids to Cannon Beach, Oregon. I’ve written before about other trips to Cannon Beach—most recently we were there for a […]
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I deliberately try to keep this blog apolitical. Yet, the theme of this blog is “one writer’s journey through life and time,” and sometimes my journey through time demands commentary. The past couple of weeks have been one of those times. We are caught in a pandemic that has led […]
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Grocery Deliveries Long Before the Pandemic
My parents had a stroller for me when I was an infant. I don’t remember riding in the seat, but there is a picture to prove that I did. Once my brother came along, he got the seat, and I was relegated to standing on the back of the stroller. […]
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High School Graduations Through Two Generations
Recently, a relative sent my husband a picture of his high school graduation day. I’d never seen this photo before. My husband is the tall young man in the red robe—the color of the Marshall High School Owls. He graduated in 1967—more than fifty years ago. My husband probably thought […]
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What My Mother Read To Me: THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD
One of the earliest books that I remember my mother reading to me was The Little Engine That Could. I went online to see if I could find the cover of the edition she read to my younger brother and me, but I couldn’t be sure which one it was. […]
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I Should Be on a Cruise Right Now
In the pre-pandemic days, I had planned a Viking River Cruise with my siblings and our spouses. The longboat was scheduled to leave Amsterdam yesterday, May 12. That did not happen—the cruise was cancelled, and we are all hunkered down in our respective homes. A long way from Amsterdam. We […]
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An Early Start on College
This post is about my mother, though not about Mother’s Day. While searching for a topic for a Mother’s Day post, I came across a photograph of my mother and me in an album my grandmother made for me many years ago. I’ve always liked this photo, because it shows […]
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