Our Graduation Trip
Hubby and I have attended lots of graduations with our kids. It started with both graduating from high school, then both graduating with bachelor’s degrees. Our son walked again with another bachelor’s degree, then walked with a master’s degree. A few years later, our daughter walked to get her master’s degree and this month, she […]
Mid-April Celebrations and Tears
Mid-April brings smiles and happy thoughts but also tears. I’m always glad when May comes around and brings happier thoughts with it. My siblings and I threw my mom a surprise party for her 92nd birthday. It was low key and involved fried chicken and sides from the local grocery story and a cake with […]
I Love History
It’s no secret that I love reading, learning about, researching, and watching history. In my lifetime, I witnessed the moon landing; the threat of nuclear war from Cuba; the Vietnam war; JKennedy, MLK, and RKennedy’s assassinations; the energy crisis of the 70s; the space shuttle explosion; the fall of the Berlin Wall; Oklahoma City bombing; […]
Visiting Battlefields
Our annual Sibling Trip went well this year although it started off very rough. Arriving in Baltimore the first day, we had reservations for a minivan, reservations for lodging, and hungry stomachs. What we didn’t know was all the rental vehicles there were gone due to Hurricane Helene. We were afoot. We could always get […]
Our 50th Reunion
The Bayfield High School class of 1974 had its reunion a week ago. I feel old in saying it, but I was part of that class. There was 39 of us, and we all knew each other and everybody else in high school and even a bunch in junior high and grade school. For that […]
Touring London
As I stated in last week’s blog, I went to the UK with my daughter. She went for a conference; I went as a travel companion. After her conference, we spent three days in London seeing the sights. Hubby and I were there ten years ago so I knew a little about how to get […]
Visiting Portsmouth UK
My amazing, PhD-seeking, incredible daughter had to go to Portsmouth in the UK for a conference about designing women’s sportwear. In case you don’t know, she’s working on a new body armor design for women warriors. They currently wear the men’s and as you can well imagine, it doesn’t fit very well. Let’s all wish […]
Was That What I Think It Was?
This past week, on a backroad to a small Texas town, I was approaching a corner in the road that blocked my view of where the road would go up the hill after crossing a small creek. A motorcycle police officer, his lights flashing was riding down the centerline and moving cars like me to […]