Personal Histories – Red Artichoke

April 17, 2017 by Lori Farkas Gillespie 0 0

THIS IS WHY I LOVE ‘THIS IS US’

I 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...

April 3, 2017 by Lori Farkas Gillespie 0 1

Mother’s Day – Half Hour Memoir

Mother’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...

July 14, 2017 by Lori Farkas Gillespie 0 0

Carolyn

Carolyn has been my friend since 2010. I had just taken on the challenge of chairing the philosophy committee at my kid’s school, the Open Classroom, in Salt Lake City, and someone suggested I talk with her as she would be the best resource to...

June 14, 2018 by Lori Farkas Gillespie 0 0

47 to 50- stories from my first half century

Blue Puppy I was a healthy child. I was a kid before many of today’s vaccines were available. I had the mumps when I was very young, and I don’t remember being sick. I was old, 15, when I got the chicken pox. I remember that illness well. It...

September 22, 2017 by Lori Farkas Gillespie 0 0

Vietnam

I have been glued to the TV every night watching THE VIETNAM WAR by Ken Burns on PBS. Below is a post from my personal blog that originally ran in March of 2016. This conversation with my father was a huge reason for me starting Red Artichoke...