Dad wasn’t one to give jewelry, but he gave this to my mother at the conclusion of the Apollo program. As she and I went through our “attic” of memorabilia last week to prepare for the July 24 post, the bracelet was not among the items filed in our archives. This came out of my [...]
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Out of My Mother’s Jewelry Box
Posted in Family Life, Slightly political, tagged Apollo astronauts, charm bracelet, Gemini astronauts, Grissom, jewelry, LBJ, Mercury astronauts, Wernher von Braun, White on July 29, 2011 | 27 Comments »
The End of an Era…What’s Next?
Posted in Connections, Slightly political, Family Life, tagged July 21, end of an era, National Air and Space Museum, Cocoa Beach Florida, Space Shuttle Atlantis, Henry IV, Apollo 1, Wernher von Braun, space program, engineer, Apollo XIII on July 24, 2011 | 37 Comments »
So there we have it. On Friday morning, July 22 my NASA e-mail subscription announced “The End of an Era”. Coming from NASA that’s official. The photo says it all. Atlantis had landed to its resting place the previous day. On the day of the launch, a classmate had texted me from the Cape “I [...]
The Flowers of Balboa Island
Posted in The Great Outdoors, Travels, tagged Balboa Island, flowers, hydrangea, roses on July 21, 2011 | 24 Comments »
Our daughter #1 and grandson moved from Texas about this time last year to Southern California. My husband and I joined them later in August when she took us to a lovely peninsula. We took the ferry ride. We visited the beautiful beach of Costa Mesa. And, we walked the charming streets of Balboa Island. [...]
Falling Off the Fashion Challenge Wagon in Dallas
Posted in Family Life, Texas, tagged 2011 Fashion Challenge, Dallas, jeans, mashed potatoes, Nordstrom Rack, not buy clothes for a year, not your daughter's jeans, shopping on July 17, 2011 | 24 Comments »
It’s July and I fell off the wagon while visiting my daughter in Dallas. I had taken up the 2011 Fashion Challenge back in December…not to buy any clothes this year. Satisfied that I had enough outfits to wear for school, church and social functions…I confidently promised myself “I can do this.” I was doing [...]
Camp in the Hill Country
Posted in Connections, Family Life, Parenting, Texas, The Great Outdoors, tagged air conditioning, archery, counselors, cursive, Dallas, family, Guadalupe River, home, investment, letters, personal writing, post cards, San Antonio, school year, self reliance, skits, swimming, Texas hill country on July 14, 2011 | 18 Comments »
Going to camp was as natural as figuring math, reading chapter books and practicing the piano during the school year. It was natural and better. I went as a student of the Tyler Public Schools and as a Camp Fire Girl. Then I went camping with friends during college years in Michigan. I loved looking forward [...]
Vintage Tupperware
Posted in Family Life, tagged measuring cup, Tupperware, Vintage Tupperware on July 6, 2011 | 25 Comments »
Have you ever had something that put order in your day, that you went to because you knew it would do the job? I had such an item. And then it was lost. It just disappeared one day. Where did it go? It’s a mystery. I looked. And searched. I lost it years ago. And [...]
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Posted in Connections, Media and Technology, Spiritual Things, Teachable moments, Travels, tagged "Il est trop tard", "In the Summertime", "Le métèque", "Ma liberté", Acts 8:26-40, Billie Holiday, blogging, blues, comment, correspondence, e-mail, facebook, faith, family, France, French, friends, Georges Moustaki, letters, love, mail, Mungo Jerry, Paris, personal writing, post, sister, solitude, the blues, travel, trip on July 10, 2011 | 17 Comments »
The sweetest sound while living as a student in France was the voice of Sister Marie Therese announce “Vous avez une poste aujourd-hui.” (You have mail today.) Sometimes I would look around quickly to check for sure she was really talking to me. Assured that she was, I would go to my box and there [...]
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