a Memoir, Through Any Given Door: Web Serial Sketches and vignettes strung along a timeline well before I came along, ends with the death of my mother shortly after I turned twenty. It’s a tale that transformed the holes created by chaos and heartache in our family into a sense of wholeness, and … [Read more...]
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Keeper of the Lines
Why bother? I mean, really. They’re dead. Who cares about the past, and what difference does it make? However, there are occasions when we do something for its own sake, simply because it’s interesting or satisfying, or it feels worthwhile. For several years I’ve researched my genealogy, gathering … [Read more...]
A Dwarf, A Boy, and His Dog
Larry ~ My brother and oldest sister were a year apart, with the same dark brown hair and brown eyes. When he was four, Larry wore an eye patch, and in first grade, glasses. He had a lazy eye, the only thing that was ever lazy about that boy. In September of 1940, he attended first grade … [Read more...]
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