That is the problem with moments. If they were minutes or hours or days it would be easier to fill them up with things to remember. If a moment lasted longer you could gather your wits about you and have some warning that the moment would matter because you could …
Literature and Illustration for Children and Adolescents Elsewhere on this blog is a post about my Children’s Book Collection. This post will select several books from that collection which are my favorites. I often read adolescent literature in between more difficult-to-read-and-remember books. Since I don’t have children at home any …
Introduction to Part Four. Here is list number four. As time passes, I will add comments to many of the books. Tom has been the one who has prodded me to make these lists so that I will remember the important things I have learned from my lifetime of reading. …
Here is Part Three of Five Parts. These five lists constitute my Book List. They are the results of my effort to remember what I have read, what I have liked and what I have not enjoyed reading and why. I frequently read fiction as a diversion from the difficulty …
A not-for-everyone list of some books I have read and enjoyed, read and loved and even read and disliked. I do not, for one minute, suggest my list to anyone because it is tailored to ME, by me and for me in a completely self-serving way and since you are …
I couldn’t resist including the most often uttered phrase during the week of the Family Gathering. The younger the child, the more likely he or she was to repeat it. I CAN’T FIND MY SHOES. Even though I put a laundry basket by the back door, flip-flops ended up in …
The stereo from The Ranch. Grandpa Ray and Grandma Mildred Watrous lived in Bicknell, Utah for the last years of their lives. The place where they lived was lovingly called “The Ranch” and our children have many memories of the sights, smells and sounds associated with it. One of the …
Grandpa said he had only one request. He wanted an unplanned talent show. So, the parents herded their offspring into our little parlor where the piano lives and, starting with Tucker, each child made a contribution. Clara plays the piano, sings with a beautiful voice and today tunes a …
No. I didn’t make a mistake in naming this post. All we could say to each other as adults, as we rolled our eyes, was GOOD GRIEF. We took a chance buying the guns and it paid off. Laser Tag guns without all of the extra pieces such as vests …
We usually rent a bounce house/slide. This year we decided against it simply because we didn’t feel comfortable with our ability to disinfect it in light of the COVID spread. Nevertheless, the kids made it clear that it wasn’t our summer gathering without a shaving cream fight. Lindsay was in …
