The Birth of Doris Laurayne Wilson, August 30, 1918 While three of my uncles served with the 88th in France, I was born on their popcorn farm in Baker Township midst the hills of Guthrie County the scorching, fly-pestering August of 1918, with rumors of influenza all around. Read more …
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Egypt, 1989: Part Two July 26, 2021 ~ beetleypete The next day, we were collected for the short drive to the dock at Luxor. We had checked out of the hotel, and they had confirmed that we would be back in five days time. There were quite a few cruise ships lined up along the bank. […]
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Egypt, 1989: Part One July 25, 2021 ~ beetleypete I have decided to repost my 3-part series from 2014 about a holiday to Egypt in 1989. Parts two and three will follow this one in order. Please note that many of the places described here have been greatly… Read more …
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Image by Mambeni from Pixabay Mother told me often Every cloud has a silver lining Given time, all things turn out well After being knocked out in the sixth round Looking up, I could see stars, no silver lining […] Read more …
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Games For A Laugh #olympics #memories It’s nearly Olympics time again and as happens stories around it brought back memories of my time working for the Organizing Committee of the London 2012 Olympics. I wrote a similar post six years ago but maybe this will resonate again. These are the top ten (actually eleven) takeaways […]
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The Train Station ~ #Poetry Standing on the rainy train station A row of pigeons sit silently watching her Worn out suitcase by her feet I could hear the distant rumble of the train Soon she would be gone Her gold fingernails flashed […] Read more …
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I enjoy reading BeetleyPete’s series of short stories, and his latest one ‘A Good Runner‘ took me back to my first car, a bright red Ford Escort 1100. You can see what it looked like below, just imagine a red one instead of a yellow one. Sam took this picture at a classic car show […]
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Oh, What a Show!! Showboat’s Literary Online! #authors #writers #poets Posted on July 12, 2021 Just wanted to remember this! #memories #mondayblogs #goodtimes Judith Barrow
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Chalk And Parenting #memories #apprenticedtomymother Posted on Jul 4, 2021 by TanGental I’m redecorating the kitchen and stuck behind a radiator there’s a scribble or something that might be some sort of childhood graffito. As with many small things, it triggered a memory. My mother’s approach to child rearing had overtones … Read more … […]
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Poppies, Kimonos and the Power Of Rain #gardens #memories There’s a lot of work going on in my garden as we prepare for the upcoming nuptials of No. 1 child. One dilemma we knew was coming concerned the poppies. These have been magnificent but they needed to be stripped … Continue reading → Source: Poppies, […]
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