Flash Memoir Prompt: Nils and the Farm next to the Fjord

In the spring of 1975 when I was 22, my boyfriend Nick and I decided we would go to Europe after I graduated from college in June. (He was already finished with school and up for an adventure). The goal was to go for a year and the original plan (or at least the one…

Flash Memoir: November 22, 1963

I remember exactly where I was when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. I was in my 4th grade class at Bailey Inglish Elementary School in Bonham, Texas, which is 70 miles from Dallas. I can’t remember exactly how we received the news, though I think it was over the loud-speaker. That seems insensitive…

Tribute to My Daddy

I wrote this a while back but in honor of my beloved father, I’d like to put it here on my blog today. I was blessed with a fine father who knew the value of love. “Have I told you today how much I love you?” This was a question my father asked me every…

Back to My Blog

Back to regular postings.  Glad to be back home to my blog.  Aware that while I like presenting information, I love plain ole writing more.  Not that I have much to say tonight.  Have been talking all day.  Glad to have friends and family to talk with; happy too to end the day in silence. …