Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. I love that it’s about family and friends being together. Over the years we have had some amazing ones as I had a tendency to invite everybody and their brother. This year was especially wonderful as all except one of my siblings were able to gather at my…
Several months ago I mentioned to my husband that this summer I would like to have a party for turning 60 and being cancer-free. Before we started the planning my sister mentioned she would like to have a joint sixtieth birthday party and to renew her wedding vows. As background information, I come from a…
Since I was a child, I had a tendency to contemplate the questions that simply could not be answered. Or muse on tremendously philosophical concepts. One that I had given much thought to was that for us to unite as a planet we would need a common enemy. In my mind that common enemy would…
Growing up my dad had started with a couple of tropical fish tanks. This grew into his become a full-fledge breeder. At his peak, he had over one hundred tanks. A task we could do to earn some spending money was to help clean the filters. At that time filter were packed with fiberglass and…
Today the shacks are classified as historic and thus are safe (for now). When Pa built the place it was just him. Then he had four children who each had a bunch of kids. Then each of those kids had kids, and so on. Now reservations are needed to get time at the shack. I…
My husband and I went on our first cruise for our honeymoon 15 years ago. Since than we have done more than a dozen, seeing New England and Canada, the Panama Canal, Alaska, the Caribbean Islands, Bermuda and the Mediterranean. Sometimes we do these trips with family and friends, other times it’s just the two…