Category: Reminiscing
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The Truth About Thanksgiving
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s no law that says you have to serve turkey on Thanksgiving Day. And there’s no evidence that turkeys were served at what is depicted as the first Thanksgiving Day when the pilgrims in New England sat down with the Wampanoag people in 1621. The Wampanoag brought deer and the pilgrims provided… Read more
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Life Changing Yarn (Part 2)
Reading Time: 4 minutesThat third shawl…. As I was knitting it, as the colors worked up, the greens reminded me of prairie fields, the tans of beach sand, the blues of oceans and skies, and the purple of mountains majesty. And it occurred to me, out of the blue, that I should name the shawl… Read more
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Life Changing Yarn (Part 1)
Reading Time: 4 minutesI don’t remember when or how I learned to knit and crochet. I do remember enjoying both though and being fascinated by (as Randy describes) being able to turn one big, long string into so many different interesting, colorful, and useful things. This is not the actual afghan, but is similar. Ours… Read more
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Conquering Clutter
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYears ago, before the tornado, I taught a class in the adult community education program called Conquering Clutter. It was very popular and I was pretty good at it. In fact, a tornado is the ultimate clutter conquerer but I don’t recommend it. This week, as I was putting the clothes… Read more
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A High School Hero
Reading Time: 3 minutesA couple of days ago this image of a Betty Crocker cookbook was posted on Facebook. A friend of mine from high school made a comment. Several other friends and family (of a certain age) also made comments. In fact, there were 87,000 comments so I guess it’s no surprise I knew… Read more
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Hurricane Ian
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst, I have to say I am sick of talking about Hurricane Ian. It came, it conquered, it moved on. For a lot of Floridians, their lives forever after will be defined by this catastrophic weather event. I understand. We dealt with something similar in 2003 when we went through a tornado… Read more
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The Cone of Uncertainty
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I write this, Randy and I are experiencing the approach of our first hurricane as Florida residents. It’s an interesting experience. My sister in Naples gave me some advice last week. She said when they start talking about a hurricane it takes twice as long to get here as they say… Read more
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50 Years Fly By
Reading Time: 5 minutesI had lunch with a good friend of mine a few weeks ago. Though she’s a bit younger than I am, she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. My 50th high school class reunion was last week. I got to thinking about how long 50 years really is and… Read more
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Football, the Packers, and a 955-Year Waiting List
Reading Time: 4 minutesRandy and I were both born in Green Bay. Randy’s brother still lives in the house they grew up in just a block off Ridge Road, 6 blocks from Lambeau Field. Randy’s dad was a First Aid Manager for the Packers years and years ago, and Randy spent some quality kid time… Read more
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Forget the Flying Car, I Want Rosie
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy sister Lisa posted this meme on Facebook last Sunday. Oh Lord! George Jetson was born this week. I laughed and then started to read the comments on the original post. There is a wealth of information and trivia there. If you who missed the Facebook post, I figured you’d enjoy laughing,… Read more