Family History Articles

Tuck me in meaning

When I was young, my parents would “tuck me into bed.” As any parent knows, kids hate to go to bed at night — in fact; it’s quite amazing to hear the excuses your kids will come up with — drinks of water, trips to the bathroom, anything to delay the inevitable. I...

Coronavirus Blessings

My year of the Coronavirus Covid-19 quarantine, work-site shut-down, social distancing, staying home, working from home, applying for Payroll Protection Plan, not flying, not visiting grandkids in New York, not visiting my 89-year-old mom, not going to my sisters week...

Halloween traditions

I have fond memories of Halloween -- costumes,  trick-or-treating, and giant candy bars -- not those tiny "fun-sized" ones that we hand out now. My friends and I grabbed our pillowcases and walked the entire tract of  Whiting Woods. My mom said one year, we had 200...

Golly as an exclamation

I was walking across campus at Occidental College, a path surrounded by native oak trees,  chatting with this guy, and I blurted out, "golly." He didn't say anything about my odd exclamation. Frankly, I didn't know it was odd. But later, after we were married, he told...
1960s bathrooms

1960s bathrooms

I've never seen a bathtub like this, except in my childhood home. Yep, it's the same tub, circa 1950's -60's. Cast...

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Dog personalities

Dog personalities

My dog grabs the ear of other dogs, all playful-like, but super annoying. She has been doing this ever since we got...

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Why Do You Blog?

I write. I used to keep a hand-written journal. I need to edit it. I started a blog to help me write things that...

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Grafting fruit trees

Grafting fruit trees

We’ve always wanted an orchard. We’ve planted a lot of trees on the properties we have called home. We have left them...

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Why I Have Five Kids

...for comic relief. You know, I’m a party pooper. So my kids are the party. They make me laugh. And I need that. This...

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