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August 14 is one of those days of the year that has several birthdays and associated memories for our family. We didn’t have big parties- or even always make phone calls or send cards… but the connections were there My mother’s oldest sibling, my Uncle Charles was born on August 14, 1920, almost 4 1/2 … Continue reading August 14 thoughts and memories

This story began 66 years ago, just before Tanya Lee Shook and Laura Beth Dixon turned six and were placed in Ms. Putnam’s first grade class together. Gasp! Yes, we are now 72… and still going strong. Truth is we probably met a few years earlier, at our friend Sandy Kirk’s second birthday party. Sandy … Continue reading Friends: TSL and LBD (rough draft!)

It has been far too long since I wrote anything. Now is the time to come out of my slump. Family and friends said goodbye today to one of the best people God ever created. I came out of my partially-Covid-induced hermitage to attend her celebration of life. (So Covid was/is a very good reason … Continue reading In Memoriam

We baby-boomers might be the poster children for vaccines. Let’s start with smallpox. I proudly wear a scar on my left arm from the smallpox vaccine. When’s the last time you heard about an outbreak of smallpox? Exactly. The smallpox vaccine was usually part of the routine for children starting school in the 1950s. But … Continue reading Vaccines: Why I Got The Shot