Right on schedule, April came to a close and our first tulip has died.
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Our First Tulip Has Died
Posted in Family, Parenting, Tulips, Writing on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Florence and George
Posted in Country Music, Death/Loss/Grief, Family, Grandparents, Music on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Write this down, take a little note To remind you in case you didn’t know Tell yourself I love you and I don’t want you to go Write this down.” -George Strait, 1999 I heard this George Strait song on the radio, and it brought my Grandma Florence back to me. I could almost […]
Over the river and through the woods . . .
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Family, Grandparents on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My husband’s 96-year-old grandmother died this week. She had been relatively healthy and well for most of her years, but 95 ushered in the beginning of a slow yet relentless decline – hearing, vision, cognition, weight and muscle tone, her interests and pleasures, her memories and ability to stay present in interactions – all systems […]
More pie, please
Posted in Cooking/Food & Wine, Family, Husbands, Reminiscences, Travel on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The other night I was waxing nostalgic about lemon meringue pies. I had made some cookies and for the first time used lemon curd as a filling rather than jam, and the flavor sent me right back to family road trips for lemon meringue pie. Fried perch and then lemon meringue pie, to be exact. […]
Tulip Buds: 23 and Counting
Posted in Family, Idiosyncracies, Tulips on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As of today, there are 23 tulip buds poking their way up through the dirt under my three front windows. I have been counting daily.