Category Archives: memories

WHAT COMES AROUND

Posted on October 15, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  Last week my daughter called to say that she had treated herself to a birthday present. She had pierced her nose. What? I ask myself why I am mildly discomforted by this news. Is it because I object to … Continue reading →

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HAPPY RETURNS

Posted on October 12, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  I’ve never made a fuss about birthdays. Most years I hoped to slip on through before anyone noticed. This year I’ve received enough attention that I might as well just fess up and celebrate. (And that’s not to say … Continue reading →

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HARRIET SYLVIA

Posted on October 4, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I was certain that Mom would make it to 100 and get the congratulatory letter from the President. She almost did. All her life she was fit and healthy. Beautiful into her nineties and always the fashionista. Just three years … Continue reading →

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THE SOURCE

Posted on September 26, 2012 by snowbirdredux

“. . . a spring, fountain, that is the starting point of a stream . . . that from which something comes or develops . . . place of origin” – Webster’s New World Dictionary Many nights of my childhood … Continue reading →

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HERITAGE

Posted on September 19, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I’ve been chasing after my past for as long as I can remember, hurtling ethereally backwards to catch a fleeting glimpse of what it meant to be me. All those ghosts I never knew, and a few I did, who … Continue reading →

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TREASURES OF THE HEART

Posted on August 31, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I grew up with a father and a godfather who went to sea. That was their world and their profession – chief engineer and captain respectively –   Norwegians who broke from the farm and sought the greater world. I was … Continue reading →

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