Monthly Archives: September 1999

With our sons spread out from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Michigan we cannot simply go and help every time they have a problem. I don’t like that, but it does have it advantages. Take the month of August … Continue reading →

For months I had dreamed of spending a lot of time with our granddaughter in Indiana. I especially wanted the fun of making bread with them. Bread making is such a gooey, tasty mess with satisfactory, immediate results. I began … Continue reading →

My English ancestors knew it might be more than a year before they heard that their loved ones arrived in the colonies of New England. My father’s parents expected us to call regularly when we moved from New York to … Continue reading →

The story is told of a family who stopped to ask directions to Niagara Falls from a man who lived near the falls. “Are they as spectacular as everyone says?” the visitors asked. The man scratched his head, “I don’t … Continue reading →

A lot of people asked me this summer: “What will you do when your daughter goes off to college this fall? All of your children will be gone.” My answer was always, “my daughter has been preparing us for her … Continue reading →