Tag Archives: marriage

The Things We Keep

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Saturday our little neighborhood is having a garage sale. Since neither George nor I are packrats, I haven’t found too many things to offer at the end of my driveway. An old crockpot, a roaster oven, a camping stool, melamine … Continue reading →

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Learning History the Best Way

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

My girlfriend, Linda, is visiting this week.  Since we’ve been friends for over fifty years, we know each other pretty darn well.  Before she arrived, my husband made plans for her first few days with us as he would get … Continue reading →

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The Monthly Visitor My Husband Dreads

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

No, no, no, not that.  I’m waaaay past that.  I’m talking about my monthly subscription to Better Homes and Gardens. This time of year it is filled with ideas for make-overs and projects for the house and yard. I have … Continue reading →

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Snap Decisions

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

I am not good at making decisions. One reason is because I want to make everybody happy. If someone asks me where I’d like to go to dinner, I usually say, “Oh, anything’s fine with me. You pick.” Same thing … Continue reading →

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It Keeps On Getting Better

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

I read somewhere that when people have loved each other for a very long time, love doesn’t get old. It gets better. Today my husband, George, and I have been married forty-one years, and I can attest to the truth … Continue reading →

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Some Chapters Are Beginning to Close for Good

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

When I started to write this blog, I never gave much thought to what direction I was going to go with it. I certainly never wanted it to be thought of as an old person’s blog, or a blog about … Continue reading →

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Removing the Glue from the Wallpaper of Life

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

I’m exhausted and sore all over.  Yesterday my husband and I spent more than seven straight hours removing wallpaper from the dining room.  It was the original wallpaper when the house was built, so I would have thought that after … Continue reading →

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The Whisper of Life

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

A few months ago when my husband and I were on a trip to the Philadelphia area, we ate breakfast at a restaurant called Ruby’s Diner. It was a retro eatery designed to make its patrons feel as if they … Continue reading →

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What’s In a Name?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

She called him Daddy for as long as I knew her. My grandfather’s name was William, and people called him Bill, but to my grandmother, he was forever “Daddy.” Long after my mother and her brother grew up and had … Continue reading →

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Fifty-Year Anniversary

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

This weekend my girlfriend, Linda, and I celebrated fifty years as best friends.  We had originally decided to take a girl’s trip to Ogunquit, Maine, or to New York City, but a couple of months ago, she asked if I … Continue reading →

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