Category: Memories

We Remember September 11 ~ Always

    I originally wrote this on 9/11/01… I, too, was stunned to hear the news this morning and continuing throughout the day. It was just something unbelievable.  My husband and I were on a Land Rover 4X4 tour of the off-road areas of Barbados when we first got the news. At first, when we …

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Today Is World Photo Day!

  Today is another of those “Who Knew” holidays. I was recently talking to someone about our upcoming trip to Scotland and she reminded me to take lots of pictures.  Then, she said to be sure to print them out so she could see them. Um, no way!  I haven’t printed out pictures since probably …

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Bill

Tom’s youngest brother, Bill, died, which was a major shock to all of us.  He’d had Polycystic Kidney Disease and decided to go for a kidney transplant.   William T. O’Connor (January 19, 1949 – May 29, 2016) Send Sympathy Gifts Guest Book | Sign Guest Book | Send Private Condolences | Send Sympathy Card …

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Memorial Day 2016

Thanks, Grandpa…  You weren’t American, but you fought valiantly for the cause overseas.   I never met my grandfather.  He had died in Peshawar, India, fighting for the Black Watch during World War l.  Peshawar was on the northern frontier of British India, near the Khyber Pass. In 1947, Peshawar became part of the newly …

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That TV Show

  When I was a young woman, I just loved That Girl.  I’d rush home from school to watch.  Later, several of us would watch in the common room of our dorm at college. Over the years, I’ve owned video tapes, DVDs.  My mom bought me an episode guide for Christmas one year – which …

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