Tag: memories
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October 04, 2007 01:31 AM EDT --
This is the story of my family's trip to Denmark...
My mother's family in Denmark has been in close contact for generations. However, when we visited the tiny island of Als, in . . . more
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June 26, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
If you need background here, have time, and have not already read it, I would suggest reading my previous article, "Surviving Jim" as a companion to this one. Thanks!
Not . . . more
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July 07, 2008 12:30 AM EDT --
Do you remember, odd & even gas days? In the 70's during the gas shortage. You could only get gas. Depending on the last digit of your license plate. And if it was even or odd day.
For example: . . . more
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June 25, 2008 08:07 PM EDT --
This installment is a little different, but Hannah has been on my mind much these last few days and it fit in the time frame of when the last installment ended, so I thought I would share this one with . . . more
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July 13, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
In 1963 my brother (age 7) and I (age 8 3/4) waited anxiously for Easter. Not because of the Easter baskets or Sunday services at church, or even because we got new 'dress up' clothes. . . . more
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July 08, 2008 05:16 PM EDT --
July 8, 1979. They placed you in my arms exactly 29 years ago, wrapped in a baby blue blanket and my world began spinning just a bit more quickly on its axis. For weeks, I could not stop looking at you... . . . more
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July 04, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
Hank
Hank is his nickname. . . . more
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September 29, 2007 09:48 PM EDT --
This Carmel icing recipe if my Great Aunt Fannie's. Yes my Great Aunt fannie. She was a wonderful cook. My dad's favorite Aunt. She would make a special Carmel cake for him for his birthday. But . . . more
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July 03, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
July and I go way back...
Thirty-six years ago today, I buried one of my dearest friends.
It was thirty-four years ago today that I met my first husband, B. It was thirty-two years ago today . . . more
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August 20, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
Maybe it was a perfect storm about to fall all around me. Maybe it was just a bunch of life transitions happening all at once. There were a few moments that hurt like hell, but those moments . . . more
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November 21, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
Swinging bridges use to be all over the county here in Virginia. One use to be within walking distance of the house. I use to love to walk down there when I was young. And just hang out there, enjoying . . . more
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December 22, 2007 11:13 PM EST --
I was listening to my holiday radio station that I created on Pandora , and Silver Bells started playing. For some reason, the song was making me sad, until I realized that I was thinking about the . . . more
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April 29, 2007 03:29 PM EDT --
Well where should I start, there are so many memories starting with my first Osmond concerts in the 70's to my first meeting with Donny in the 70's, to my memorabilia collection which numbers 3000+, . . . more
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June 16, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
I have just published Part 2 of Rise "Daddy's Girl" and have flagged it for adult content due to the description of child sexual abuse contained in it. Though I don't think it is offensive, . . . more
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October 07, 2007 03:48 PM EDT --
Grandma H's Chicken Pie
4 c. chicken broth
2 c. half and half
3 c. milk
3-4 tsp. good quality chicken paste or bouillon
2 . . . more
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March 19, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
Our Fondue Feast includes:
...a delectable Cheese Fondue served with French bread for dipping
(Our cheese fondue is made with chardonnay wine, Swiss and Emmental Cheeses, garlic, . . . more
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February 09, 2007 03:39 PM EST --
More about the houses I lived in growing up.
Life was very different in the 1940s and 1950s from what we have today. There were not the conveniences in the homes and while many were modern by the standards . . . more
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April 15, 2007 09:34 PM EDT --
About a mile and a half walk past my house there is a group of three old Logging cabins, I sometimes wonder what stories they could tell. They were used for logging families . . . more
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October 06, 2007 12:08 AM EDT --
Here is another family favorite recipe. Cousin Jenny, I do believe, would bring this to the family reunion.
Punch Bowl Cake
1 box cake mix, any flavor, baked
2 boxes instant vanilla pudding
1 lg . . . more
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October 07, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
A winding path runs through my mind
With thoughts of Grandma intertwined-
In the garden pulling weeds,
Sowing love and planting seeds.
Joseph's coat and coral bells,
A water tank made wishing . . . more
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