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Our First Family Vacation Part 1…

Summer is nearly here and with it comes family vacations. When my kids were little I always looked forward to these vacations. We would load up the RV and be gone for 3 to 4 weeks seeing the country. RVs … Continue reading

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Hot Hot Hot…

Today has been a real bummer. I have been having hot flushes all day. For those of you who don’t know what this is, a hot flush is an intense feeling of heat that starts at your chest and moves … Continue reading

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Video Wednesday… The Cowans

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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Memories of Mother…

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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