Tag Archives: life

Video Wednesday… The Cowans

Posted on May 13, 2009 by insider53

Once again it’s wordless video Wednesday and today’s video is Francis & Marlow Cowan (married 62 years) playing an impromptu recital together in the atrium of the Mayo Clinic.  Marlow is 90, Frances is almost 84. They don’t own a … Continue reading →

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Instinct or Extinct…

Posted on May 12, 2009 by insider53

This is what my daughter ’79 gave me for Mother’s Day. Lovely isn’t it. It is The Instinct, a cell phone from Sprint. I would like to thank my child for her thoughtful and well meaning gift. She loves me … Continue reading →

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Memories of Mother…

Posted on May 10, 2009 by insider53

My Mother’s name was Mary and like her name she lived a plain and uneventful life without thunder, her birth however was another story. She was born in 1927 in a tent city in Bowlegs Oklahoma during a smallpox epidemic. She was born into extreme poverty and was premature at 4½ lbs. My grandmother had been caring for her sisters and their children who had smallpox. Continue reading →

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The Hard Choice…

Posted on May 7, 2009 by insider53

I have been trying to write this for a while now and it has been harder than I thought it would be. I thought it’s cathartic and will be good for you…. it isn’t. You see I want to tell … Continue reading →

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