The day my garage door broke…
I purged my closet of twenty-seven items. Does this “first line” grab your attention? Do you want to know more? …
Tag Archives: Aging from a Recent Widow's Perspective
Signature Dish
I’m having a miniature identity crisis and desperately need the help of a few of you readers. I was invited …
Wintering in AZ
I’m getting ready to say goodbye to my winter hideout in AZ; in a few weeks, I’ll be heading home …
Growing Older: On Turning 80
“What are you trying to prove?” my friend asked in a text. I had just sent her a photo of …
Ode to the Hoitenga Sisters
We were known as the Hoitenga sisters, four of us born within eight years of each other. If one of …
Missing My Sister Esther
“You’re coming up to a small town that has an historical marker,” Esther texted to me as Marv and I …
Thoughts on Character
“I have enough character,” I’ve been known to say when anyone tells me that a trying experience for me “builds …
Z is for Zany
The final entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April challenge At my fiftieth high school reunion some …
Y is for Yellow
An entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April challenge. A true story I wrote about myself in …
X is for Xerox
An Entry for the Blogging from A to Z in April challenge First, to make copies, it was carbon paper …
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