Category Archives: Keeping Things Real

Last One to Leave, Bring in the Dock

Posted on July 12, 2014 by

We are selling the family cabin this week, the last thing my father left us. He built it in 1968, with the same independence and drive he showed in everything else. He pored over plans for vacation homes, contracted the … Continue reading →

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Mama’s House

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

We sold Mama’s house yesterday. It took over a year to get it to a point where someone would take it. Everything seemed pretty okay to us right up until the time Mom died. She must have been the caulk … Continue reading →

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Just a Little Christmas Horror Story

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

Such a busy weekend I had. I shopped for toys and gifts, baked bread and made soup, played Christmas music and danced around the kitchen. I did all these happy things so that I wouldn’t have to think. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Mama Kissed A Soldier

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

My mother is dying. Her name is Luella. She was a kind and loving mother and a beautiful and amazing woman in every way. When she was still a teenager she met my father, Andrew, fell in love and loved … Continue reading →

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Where Did You Come From? Where Have You Gone?

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

It will be two weeks tomorrow since Jim died, my hands cradling his head, six months and twelve days from the day we met. As it happened, the end came so quickly that there was no one else there. People … Continue reading →

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What’s So Funny?

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

Haven’t posted anything for a few weeks. Life overtakes us sometimes, and the things we do when life isn’t overtaking us end up taking a back seat. It’s hard to be amusing when nothing much funny is going on. We … Continue reading →

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