Pumpkin Patches, Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin Patch Traditions Long-time readers know that when I lived in Santa Cruz my oldest granddaughter and I enjoyed visiting a pumpkin patch each October. As the years passed, I watched little Bean progress in her relationship with the pumpkins. At first, she just...
Tribute to a Queen
God Save the Queen Standing by the railway tracks in 1954, waving an Australian flag, I began a fascination with the Queen that would last my entire life. My schoolmates and I had been let off school to greet Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip as they embarked on a...
Starting Over – Again
Starting Over – Again I am so grateful for all the readers who responded to my last post, some by private email. So many suggestions for how to fill the hole left when I was no longer taking daily care of my infant granddaughter. By far the most common, and...Grieving – and Starting Over
Saying Goodbye to my Granddaughter One might ask – what is there to grieve about? No one has died. No one is even sick – this week – thank heavens. No one has abandoned me. But I’m grieving just the same. My daily care of baby Brighton, my...How to Write a Memoir – From Free Writing to Manuscript I
Journaling as Therapy During the months of Shelter in Place, many of us turned to gardening, baking, or writing to help us stay focused and grounded. I have done all of those things, but mostly I write. Writing is how I make meaning out of seemingly meaningless...
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