Archives in Category: Nostalgia

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Egg McNuthin’

Posted on July 9, 2006

Our company has left and our house is quiet again. To reclaim our usual weekend routine, Earl and I went out to breakfast. This time we decided to try McDonald’s.

I remember Egg McMuffin from its early days when my

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The Scent of Things

Posted on June 16, 2006

My friend Judi and I are reading Younger by the Day by Victoria Moran.) It’s a compendium of 365 daily suggestions to make one feel youthful, regardless of one’s age. Yesterday’s suggestion was about the power of scent and how

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Cemetery Sadness

Posted on June 14, 2006

This is Flag Day, when Americans celebrate and show respect for our flag, its designers, and makers over the past two hundred plus years. So on this day I want to honor three men I don’t really know, but whose

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The Scent of Lilacs

Posted on May 27, 2006

I love the scent of lilacs in bloom, and this spring I’ve loved them close at hand.

When we first moved into this house, we planted some unassuming lilac bushes that struggled a while but have now come into

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The Oyster Bar

Posted on May 17, 2006

One week ago today I arrived in New York for my semi-annual visit to that city. As usual, my son, his partner, and I met for dinner at Grand Central Terminal’s Oyster Bar. It’s become a tradition every time I

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Louis

Posted on May 5, 2006

I met him late in life, both my life and his. Yet, that didn’t diminish what he offered or the way he offered it. He was verbally clever, financially savvy, and approachable. That’s why I tuned in to Louis Rukeyser

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Baseball Trivia

Posted on April 21, 2006

The baseball season is in full swing (no pun intended), and dedicated statisticians are already looking for new facts, new records, and new heroes. I have a head start on baseball’s stats this year, as someone (I have conveniently forgotten

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Clara

Posted on April 8, 2006

Today my next-door neighbor Clara turns eighty, and her family is holding a special party in her honor at Tosi’s, a local fancy restaurant. Like barnacles, there are memories attached here, since it’s the same restaurant where Clara and her

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Backroads

Posted on March 12, 2006

John Denver once sang a song about country roads taking him home to West Virginia. I wasn’t born anywhere near West Virginia, but I’ve always had an affinity for that song’s lyrics and the sentiment they express.

Some people call

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Rosemary

Posted on March 1, 2006

Today is Rosemary Balest Bryant’s birthday, and I wish her the best.

Rosemary and I were great friends in high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the time then-Governor Orville Faubus stood in the doorway of Central High School and

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