When was the last time you pulled out those boxes of pictures? You know those boxes I’m talking about. The ones in your attic, or in the closet, or in the armoire, or under the bed in the guest room. The ones full of faces you may only vaguely...
Read moreMother’s Day is around the corner, and if you are like me, you are always trying to find something new and meaningful for your mom or grandmother. Often the important women in our lives are looking to downsize or declutter, so how do you give...
Read moreLasts My oldest son graduated from 8th grade. Now to many of you that might sound like a big deal, but for me it is. It is the last time he will be a student in the school he has been attending since kindergarten. This month has been a...
Read moreWhenever I am reading something and the author mentions a place, and then starts to describe the place, and it’s a real place: I have to look it up on a map. Putting a visual location to what I’m reading enhances the story for me. Yesterday I was...
Read moreI am a child of the 1970s. My formative years, my childhood, were the ’70s. I wore bellbottoms, and I had long feathered hair, aka the Farrah cut. I listened to disco music and loved it. I drank from the garden hose. I feel nostalgic when I think...
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