It is thundering without rain.  The silence between the claps is deafening.   The trees are still, and the birds have flown to the ground.  ...

  My mother in her Girl Scout uniform My mother would have been 81 years old today, if she had not passed away in 2000. She was 56 years old...

Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She would have been 102 years old if she were still living. When I picture childhood, I am sitting at he...

The hollow whisper of bone against pine He is rattling in the hush of earth unsettled now in unquiet times. I knew him as an old man, hands ...

Last night, I learned that the husband of my old best friend Brenda, who passed away in 2021, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Allegha...

About 52 years ago, on a Saturday sometime in May, I woke early. My parents were still asleep, as was my brother. No one was up but me.  We ...

My extra present at Christmas was something old. It was my mother's button box. Well, actually it's a fruitcake tin from the 1960s, ...

The older I get, the more nostalgic I seem to be for those Christmas Eves long ago. The ones where my parents threw a big party, and loads o...

I was getting ready for company earlier today, and I was struck by a memory of my mother doing the same thing. My mother, though, had a rout...

I thumbed through old papers this morning, looking for a manual on a piece of machinery my husband couldn't find. In doing so, I stumble...

This should have been yesterday's notation, but here goes. Last night we went to my father's to visit with my cousin and his wife wh...

There are many things that happened nationally that I remember because I remember where I was and what I was doing. I know exactly where I w...

  A love note from our great niece put my husband in a fine mood. We have it proudly displayed on the refrigerator.

Today is my father's birthday. He is 83. My mother, my father, me, and my brother  on the day of my wedding. My father sang in a band. S...

Today is my mother's birthday. She would have been 80 years old today. Here are 13 things about her. My mother as a young girl. 1. She w...

Tomorrow is my birthday. I already have my present, a new iPhone SE. Yes, I am still behind with an SE model, but I don't like those big...

After we left The Old Brick Hotel in New Castle, we decided to walk the block of Main Street to see what there was to see. This used to be a...

Our destination on our Friday drive, wherein we saw a camel unexpectedly en route , was to New Castle, Virginia. This is where I wrote for ...