I wish my father were alive. He would love to know what I found out about his mom.

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I wish my father were alive. He would love to know what I found out about his mom.

Essentially, what I need is accountability to self, and I can achieve this through accountability to others. We meet up on Zoom for up to 15 minutes at the top of the first hour. Then we meet at the top of each following hour for check-ins and help if necessary.

Recent acceptance of autoethnographic method mirrors acceptance of the agency of women.

12th Day of Christmas January 6 was not a special day until I became acquainted, as an adult, with the concept of Christmas being a multi-day event. It seemed like the perfect way to defeat the shopping-centered Black Friday kick-off to a consumerist season. Lights go up on 23rd, are turned on on the 24th […]

I have discovered being parentless and a sole surviving sibling is that life seems different when you are the only one who remembers family events and stories. This includes my feelings about “stuff.”
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In the Merry Merry Month of May I have always loved the month May. In the area of the U.S. in which I grew up May was filled with blossoms. Probably due to being a May baby, the lilac blossoms, peony blossoms, trillium, lily of the valley, hepatica, and so many more seemed like they heralded […]