Cooking with Mules 101
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
For thirteen years my father worked for the US Forest Service. He held all types of jobs- firefighter, lookout, and maintenance supervisor, etc. Of all the jobs he had, the one he loved the most was that of tracker.
He worked primarily out of th...
He worked primarily out of th...
Goodbye
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Originally the word Goodbye meant ‘God be with you’. Now it’s Good- pleasant, happy, positive – Bye- leaving, gone, until later. Why do we say that to someone who’s dying?
I can understand ‘God be with you’. I suppose I can understand wishing the...
I can understand ‘God be with you’. I suppose I can understand wishing the...
Grandma Rancourt
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
She was the first child in the family born in America. She was widowed three times, raising four children on her own. She had one leg two inches shorter than the other. She was an alcoholic.
My paternal grandmother Mary was born in Robinson, Mont...
My paternal grandmother Mary was born in Robinson, Mont...
The North Dakota Soap Adventure
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Don’t you find it interesting that something like lye- a very caustic and dangerous chemical compound and animal lard can come together and make something we use every day?
In October of 1975 we were transferred to Jamestown, North Dakota. My hus...
In October of 1975 we were transferred to Jamestown, North Dakota. My hus...
Oblige
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
Oblige: to tie to or to bind to. We are all tied to or bound to someone or something in this life. Some ties are by blood, made with no participation on our part. Some ties are by necessity- created by the need to have food, shelter, clothing and ...
Rites of Fall
posted over 3 years ago | 5 comments
I was given a very precious gift yesterday. One that can’t be purchased in a store, nor found on the Internet, nor a second hand store.
I spent a two hours in the cool, crisp air, seeing faces I’ve not seen in years. Each has a memory attached- ...
I spent a two hours in the cool, crisp air, seeing faces I’ve not seen in years. Each has a memory attached- ...
ROUGHNECK
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 2 comments
“Chopper on the pad in five!” This phrase, repeated like a mantra, echoed in the ER and down the corridor to the OR and over two more to the Burn unit.
I worked at a major hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas for a time in 1971. I was a ‘float’. I ...
I worked at a major hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas for a time in 1971. I was a ‘float’. I ...
Protector
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 1 comment
Hawaiian Islands…….Siapan…..Tinian…..Baker…. .Nanomea….Apamama….Tarawa……Eniwtok
IWO JIMA -19FEB1945-
In roughly four weeks the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year will be upon us. In honor of that day, I offer this...
IWO JIMA -19FEB1945-
In roughly four weeks the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year will be upon us. In honor of that day, I offer this...
Anniversary
posted over 3 years ago, updated 8 minutes later | 3 comments
“Remember me when I am gone away
Gone far away into the silent land
When you can no more hold me by the hand
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning , stay
Remember me when no more, day by day,
You tell me of our future that you planned
Only remember ...
Gone far away into the silent land
When you can no more hold me by the hand
Nor I half turn to go, yet turning , stay
Remember me when no more, day by day,
You tell me of our future that you planned
Only remember ...
Uncle Bill
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
He was an artist- his renderings of birds were breathtaking. He went to town now and again to a ‘smoker’ at the Odd Fellows Lodge. He knew how to make ‘jack o’nape’ puppets and whistles.
Like my grandfather, he had been trained to be a school te...
Like my grandfather, he had been trained to be a school te...
