My Take on Holiday Sadness A huge hurt builds inside me. My father died on Christmas Day 1986. It is a familiar, old hurt. This past year freshly layered that hurt with new hurts and loss. All four of my brothers have passed on. One in 1998, another in 2005. Mom died in […]
October 1st
The last quarter of 2023. For some it means that student loan payments with their sky high interest rates which accrued more debt even as the students finished up their studies will start again. For others this day signals the beginning of preparation for the coming holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the big three […]
Recipes – The R of Legacy Tools
Boxes Before their were personal computers, foodies, and food sites sharing every recipe known to humankind, there were recipe boxes and a few treasured cookbooks in every kitchen. The recipe box I best remember was a dark wooden one. It was mortice and tenon joined box, and the short sides were curved. My mother treasured […]
When Christmas Hurts
A huge hurt builds inside me. My father died on Christmas Day 1986. It is a familiar, old hurt. This year it is freshly layered with new hurts and loss. Five months ago the my last living brother died. He was the eldest of my siblings. 13 months ago my brother who was closest to […]
bread and cupcake crumbs
bread and cupcake crumbs by nancy hill today I am thinking about polka dots birthday parties babies that i love but scarcely know trajectories unknown then a mothers sister’s mother loved me less than all her other mothers in decades beyond remembrance her toddler tentacles of charm and distributed intelligence ensnared me no less […]