I sat on the front step watching the lighting storm, feeling the cool damp air pressing down on my body as I hugged my knees to my chest, thinking of my father. He loved storms as much as my mother hated them, and perversely, seemingly to annoy her, he would carry me out with him […]
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Rain
Posted in All things natural, Dad on August 18, 2023 | 1 Comment »
My Father Sept 12 1914 to Jan 26 2006
Posted in Dad, Death and renewal on June 27, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty six inches from elbow to elbow, said the funeral director, and we searched with a yardstick tucked against the padded coffin walls, for one that would hold a man who was larger than life to me. I thought of all the foolish risks he had taken in his life, like dodging the railroad cops […]
Grandmother’s Front Porch
Posted in My father's mom on May 3, 2021 | 1 Comment »
Her tiny house was built of an odd red block I’ve never seen used since. When it was constructed in 1945 it was the only material available, due to post war shortages. We lived next door, close enough that my dad’s powerful arm could have thrown a stick the distance. Both houses sat on a […]
Flowers on the table
Posted in Death and renewal, Mother in Laws on January 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Such is the marvel of modern marketing and shipping I was able to carry a bundle of beautiful blooms to my mother in law Friday, even though I drove through the snow to visit. She is in her end days now, in hospice care and happy to see even me when I come to visit. […]
Excelsior!
Posted in Death and renewal, Holidays, Mother in Laws on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I sit with a blank page on my laptop watching my reflection in the large black monitor on my son in law’s desk. The picture I see looks like a ghost of either Christmas past or Christmas future, perhaps both. It seems a line has been drawn across my life this year with bittersweet endings […]
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