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                MY FATHER’S TABLE       No matter how meticulously the table was set, my father always moved the knife and fork either towards or away from the plate by about one thirty second of an inch. He worked in a factory making...

My mother was born in Ft. Kent, Maine in 1903.  She was the third of eight children.  Two of her siblings died.  Her father owned a tremedous amount of land but due to his poor eyesight he could not work and the land was sold off to support the family.  My...

As I recall I have done a fair amount of volunteering such as circulationg petitions, collecting for various health aspects, and time donated to conventions.  However what I am doing now is giving me the most reward.  The Episcopal church I attended for over 20 years is now a mission with...

I had the good fortune to travel through Russia on a riverboat cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg in 1997.  We traveled first on the Moscow River and then the famous Volga!  Many locks enabeled us to make it all the way to the Lake Lagoda.   This lake is famous for...

We always had a live Christmas tree.  There were no farms near by to cut your own so my dad purchased one at a lot.  It always had to be a spruce and perfect in shape!  Once he cut an extra bough off and attached it some place else on the...

It was my mother's idea that I go "into nursing".  The Episcopal priest from the church we attended  visited us one hot  August day prior to my entering high school.  He suggested a particular school in New York City.  Over time I sent for information, jumped through the hoops to apply...

My dad really did not like cats!  However, he let his little girl have several over her childhood.  I have a photo of my sister and me where she is behind me holding a ball and I am not quite two and on a kiddie car reaching out to a kitten! So...

When I was nine years old my mother quit her job at the factory. She was pregnant.  I was very excited for another sibling.  My sister was 4 years older than I and she was way ahead of me in school and ideas. My brother was born in March of 1945, that made...

I had been traveling with a group in Austria on a music tour.  The flight from Vienna was delayed due to a thunder storm.  Hence we missed the flight from Amsterdam and the one in Detroit to Columbus.  We stayed over night in Detroit arriving in Columbus on Sunday evening, September...

My parents were in control of what movies I was allowed to see! No scary ones were allowed, so I saw love stories and musicals. These were the days of great MGM spectaculars with loads of girls in colorful costumes dancing down stairs as the main character entered last. There realy...

In December of my senior year at Bristol High a group of my girl friends all got together, secured dates and began preparation of what to wear!  I made my evening gown of red taffeta covered with two layers of white net.  It was strapless. I was so proud of tis accomplishment. My date...