Monthly Archives: June 2011

Financial outlook

Posted on June 24, 2011 by jottingjoan

Same bank letter – different responses. The letter came in the late 1970s as interest rates began accelerating to the double digit highs of the 1980s. After happily making housing loans with 4, 5 and 6 percent interest rates for … Continue reading →

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Salad bar for the ear

Posted on June 21, 2011 by jottingjoan

Pain! woke me in the middle of the night. An earache in the middle of the night and no mommy around for relief. I grabbed the little used bottle of acetaminophen with shaking hands and opened it like a druggie … Continue reading →

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Versatile couch

Posted on June 13, 2011 by jottingjoan

The family couch serves many purposes – extra seating, spare bed, conversation corner, landing spot for jumping kids, hospital corner for the sick and raw resources for a fort – and physical therapy. Our first couch came with the fixer-upper … Continue reading →

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Phases of life

Posted on June 6, 2011 by jottingjoan

“Just about the time I realized you were just going through a phase, you entered another one,” my mother once mused about raising her five children. I saw that anew last week when we gathered to welcome our 16th grandchild, … Continue reading →

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Randy’s military training: paratrooper

Posted on June 3, 2011 by jottingjoan

As an eight year-old, we took Randy to the top of the John Hancock Building in Chicago to view the city. The moment the elevator doors opened to the wall of windows overlooking the city, he sat himself right down … Continue reading →

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